Smerina
Appearance
Smerina | |
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Smerina manoro depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Vagrantini |
Genus: | Smerina Hewitson, 1874 |
Species: | S. manoro
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Binomial name | |
Smerina manoro | |
Synonyms | |
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Smerina is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Smerina manoro, which is found on Madagascar,[2] where it is restricted to the forests on the eastern seaboard.
References
[edit]- ^ Smerina, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Heliconiinae (Nymphalidae) - Tribe Vagrantini