Biology:Bletogona

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Short description: Genus of butterfly

Bletogona
Bletogona inexspectata Uémura (female), Sulawesi (Kintabaru, Palu, 200m, x.1936, J. P. A. Kalis, W. K. J. Roepke Coll, Rijksmueum Leiden).png
Bletogona inexspectata (female), Sulawesi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Melanitini
Genus: Bletogona
Felder & Felder, 1867

Bletogona is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder and his son Rudolf Felder in 1867.[1] This genus is endemic] to Sulawesi.[2]

Species

The most recent listing places Bletogona in tribe Melanitini[3] with two species:[2]

  • Bletogona inexspectata Uémura, 1987
  • Bletogona mycalesis Felder & Felder, 1867

References

  1. "Bletogona C. & R. Felder, [1867"]. https://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/bletogona/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vane-Wright, R.I.; de Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zool. Verh. Leiden 343 (11): 3-267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16. ISBN 90-73239-87-7. ISSN 0024-1652. 
  3. Pyrcz, Tomasz W.; Collins, Steve; Zubek, Anna et al. (2020). "Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 78 (2): 171–216. doi:10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-07. 


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