Hypothyris lycaste

Hypothyris lycaste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypothyris
Species: H. lycaste
Binomial name
Hypothyris lycaste
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lycaste Fabricius, 1793
  • Dynothea lycaste
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) cleis Bates, 1864
  • Ithomia megalopolis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Ceratinia megalopolis
  • Hypothiris mergelana
  • Ithomia dionaea Hewitson, [1854]
  • Hypothyris dionaea kremkyi Bryk, 1937
  • Ceratinia dionaea
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) callispila Bates, 1866
  • Ceratinia mylassa Druce, 1875
  • Ithomia callispila
  • Ceratinia callispila
  • Hypothiris antonia
  • Ceratinia limpida Haensch, 1905
  • Pseudomechanitis paradoxa Röber, 1930

Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

The larvae of ssp. callispila feed on Solanum torvum.

Subspecies

  • Hypothyris lycaste lycaste (Panama, Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste mergelena (Hewitson, [1855]) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste dionaea (Hewitson, [1854]) (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • Hypothyris lycaste callispila (Bates, 1866) (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Hypothyris lycaste antonia (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
  • Hypothyris lycaste glabra (Godman, 1899) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste limpida (Haensch, 1905) (Colombia)
  • Hypothyris lycaste fraterna (Haensch, 1909) (Venezuela)
  • Hypothyris lycaste limosa Fox, 1971 (Colombia)

In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Panama.

References

  1. ↑ Hypothyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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