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Genus of butterflies

Guaianaza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Guaianaza
Freitas & Peña, 2006
Species: G. pronophila
Binomial name
Guaianaza pronophila
(Butler, 1867)

Guaianaza is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Guaianaza is considered a synonym of the genus Forsterinaria Gray, 1973. Its single species, Guaianaza pronophila, is found in the Neotropical realm.

References

  1. "Guaianaza Freitas & Peña, 2006" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Matos-Maraví P.F., Peña C., Willmott K.R., Freitas A.V.L., Wahlberg N. 2012. Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the “Taygetis clade” (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): Towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66:54–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.005
  3. Freitas, A.V.L. & C. Peña. 2006. Description of genus Guaianaza for "Euptychia" pronophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with a description of the immature stages. Zootaxa 1163: 49-59.
Taxon identifiers
Guaianaza


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