Biology:Cybdelis boliviana

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cybdelis boliviana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cybdelis
Species:
C. boliviana
Binomial name
Cybdelis boliviana
(Salvin, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Cybdelis peruviana Staudinger, 1886

Cybdelis boliviana, the Bolivian banner or Salvin's empress is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. C. boliviana can be distinguished from the other butterflies in the genus Cybdelis by a large central blue patch on the hindwing.[1] The host plant and immature stages of C. boliviana is unknown.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13846242 entry