| Isobel's Butterfly | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pronophila |
| Species: | P. isobelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pronophila isobelae[1] Pyrcz, 2000[1] |
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Pronophila isobelae (also Pronophila isobelae benevola, Isobel's Butterfly) is a Satyrinae butterfly that is found in Ecuador.[1]
Discovered by World Wildlife Fund (WWF, now World Wide Fund for Nature) conservationist Paul Toyne in 1998[2], it was initially named as Pronophila benevola.[3]
The WWF held a competition to name the butterfly, and the species was named after the winner Isobel Talks (being named Pronophila isobelae).[2][4]
As of July 2011, there have only been 6 sightings of the male of the species, and no confirmed sightings of the female.[2][4]
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