Napeogenes sylphis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Napeogenes |
Species: | N. sylphis
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Binomial name | |
Napeogenes sylphis (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])[1]
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Napeogenes sylphis is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.
The larvae of subspecies N. s. acreana have been recorded feeding on Lycianthes species.
Subspecies[edit]
- N. s. sylphis (Bolivia and Peru)
- N. s. acreana d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil)
- N. s. caucayensis Fox & Real, 1971 (Colombia)
- N. s. corena (Hewitson, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Peru)
- N. s. ercilla (Hewitson, 1858) (Brazil)
- N. s. ehu Brevignon, 2007 (French Guiana)
- N. s. ithra (Hewitson, 1855) (Brazil)
- N. s. potaronus Kaye, 1905 (Guyana)
- N. s. rindgei Fox & Real, 1971 (Peru)
- N. s. thira (Hewitson, 1874) (Bolivia and Peru)
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