Biology:Hermeuptychia

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Hermeuptychia
Hermes satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes) Choco.jpg
H. hermes
Hermeuptychia sosybius1.jpg
H. sosybius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Hermeuptychia
Forster, 1964

Hermeuptychia is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. They are a widespread, cryptic genus, with Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I species delineation methods implying much greater species diversity than currently recognised.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:[2]

References

  1. Tan, Denise; Parus, Anamaria; Dunbar, Michelle; Espeland, Marianne; Willmott, Keith R. (2021). "Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcode species delineation methods imply critically underestimated diversity in ‘common’ Hermeuptychia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (4): 1256-1270. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab007. 
  2. "Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q3134217 entry