Hyantis

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Hyantis hodeva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Hyantis
Hewitson, 1862
Species: H. hodeva
Binomial name
Hyantis hodeva
Hewitson, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyantis infumata Staudinger, 1894
  • Hyantis melanomata Staudinger, 1894
  • Hyantis albiplaga Rothschild, 1916
  • Hyantis hodeva albiplaga ab. pallida Rothschild, 1916
  • Hyantis hageni Röber, 1903
  • Hyantis microphthalma Heller, 1894
  • Hyantis xanthophthalma Röber, 1903

Hyantis is a genus of nymphalid butterfly in the group morphinae. They resemble Taenaris as they mimic them. Hyantis consists of one species, Hyantis hodeva.

Subspecies

  • Hyantis hodeva hodeva (Waigeu)
  • Hyantis hodeva helvola Stichel, 1905 (north-western Irian)
  • Hyantis hodeva fuliginosa Grose-Smith, 1898 (southern New Guinea to Papua New Guinea)

References

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  1. ↑ Hyantis at funet.fi

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