Myscelia

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Myscelia
Myscelia ethusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Biblidinae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Myscelia
Doubleday, 1844
Synonyms
  • Sagaritis Hübner, [1821]

Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Myscelia aracynthia (Dalman, 1823)
  • Myscelia capenas (Hewitson, [1857])
  • Myscelia cyananthe C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Blackened Bluewing
  • Myscelia cyaniris Doubleday, [1848] – Blue Wave, Blue-banded Purplewing, Tropical Blue Wave, Whitened Bluewing, or Royal Blue
  • Myscelia ethusa (Doyère, [1840]) – Mexican Bluewing or Blue Wing
  • Myscelia hypatia Strecker, 1900
  • Myscelia leucocyana C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Myscelia milloi Oberthür, 1916
  • Myscelia orsis (Drury, [1782])

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Myscelia, at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 108.

External links

Media related to Myscelia at Wikimedia Commons


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