Catoblepia

Catoblepia
Type species : Catoblepia xanthus - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Brassolini
Genus:	Catoblepia Stichel, 1902
Diversity
8 species

Catoblepia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Larvae feed on bananas^[1] and adults feed on rotting fruit.^[2]

Species

Listed alphabetically witin groups.^[1]

The generosa species-group:

• Catoblepia berecynthia (Cramer, [1777])
• Catoblepia generosa (Stichel, 1902)

The xanthus species-group:

• Catoblepia amphirhoe (Hübner, [1825])
• Catoblepia versitincta (Stichel, 1901)
• Catoblepia xanthicles (Godman & Salvin, [1881])
• Catoblepia xanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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  Catoblepia xanthus - MHNT

Unknown species-group:

• Catoblepia orgetorix (Hewitson, 1870) – Orgetorix Owl butterfly^[2]
• Catoblepia soranus (Westwood, 1851)

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