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Hypothyris lycaste

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Species of butterfly

Hypothyris lycaste
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypothyris
Species: H. lycaste
Binomial name
Hypothyris lycaste
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio lycaste Fabricius, 1793
  • Dynothea lycaste
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) cleis Bates, 1864
  • Ithomia megalopolis C. & R. Felder,
  • Ceratinia megalopolis
  • Hypothiris mergelana
  • Ithomia dionaea Hewitson,
  • Hypothyris dionaea kremkyi Bryk, 1937
  • Ceratinia dionaea
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) callispila Bates, 1866
  • Ceratinia mylassa Druce, 1875
  • Ithomia callispila
  • Ceratinia callispila
  • Hypothiris antonia
  • Ceratinia limpida Haensch, 1905
  • Pseudomechanitis paradoxa Röber, 1930

Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

The larvae of ssp. callispila feed on Solanum torvum.

Subspecies

  • Hypothyris lycaste lycaste (Panama, Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste mergelena (Hewitson, ) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste dionaea (Hewitson, ) (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • Hypothyris lycaste callispila (Bates, 1866) (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Hypothyris lycaste antonia (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
  • Hypothyris lycaste glabra (Godman, 1899) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste limpida (Haensch, 1905) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste fraterna (Haensch, 1909) (Venezuela)
  • Hypothyris lycaste limosa Fox, 1971 (Colombia)

In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Panama.

References

  1. Hypothyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Hypothyris lycaste


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