Veladyris

Veladyris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Veladyris
Fox, 1945
Species: V. pardalis
Binomial name
Veladyris pardalis
(Salvin, 1869)[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ithomia pardalis Salvin, 1869
  • Ithomia cytharista Hewitson, 1874
  • Velamysta pardalis totumbra Kaye, 1919

Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Subspecies

There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.

References

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  1. Veladyris, funet.fi


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