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Malaveria alcinoe

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Species of butterfly

Malaveria alcinoe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Malaveria
Viloria & Benmesbah, 2021
Species: M. alcinoe
Binomial name
Malaveria alcinoe
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Magneuptychia alcinoe (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Neonympha alcinoe C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Euptychia benedicta Butler, 1877
  • Euptychia pamela Hayward, 1957

Malaveria alcinoe, the Alcinoe satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 38 mm.

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

  1. Marianne Espeland; Shinichi Nakahara; Thamara Zacca; Eduardo P. Barbosa; Blanca Huertas; et al. (2023). "Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 498–570. Bibcode:2023SysEn..48..498E. doi:10.1111/syen.12590. ISSN 1365-3113.
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Magneuptychia alcinoe


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