Biology:Hypoleria sarepta

Short description: Species of butterfly

Hypoleria sarepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypoleria
Species:	H. sarepta
Binomial name
Hypoleria sarepta (Hewitson, [1852])
Synonyms
Ithomia sarepta Hewitson, 1852 Ithomia virginia Hewitson, [1853] Miraleria funerula Zikán, 1942 Hypoleria goiana d'Almeida, 1951

Hypoleria sarepta is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil , Colombia and Peru.

Adults have translucent bluish wings and are heavily marked with orange.

Subspecies

• H. s. sarepta (Brazil (Amazonas))
• H. s. virginia (Hewitson, [1853]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• H. s. cidonia (Hewitson, [1857]) (Colombia)
• H. s. oriana (Hewitson, [1859]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• H. s. famina Haensch, 1909 (Peru)
• H. s. goiana d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Goiás))
• H. s. olerioides d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Rondônia))
• H. s. orianula Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
• H. s. vitiosa Lamas, 1985 (Peru)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q26869714 entry