Biology:Magneuptychia alcinoe

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Magneuptychia alcinoe
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Magneuptychia
Species:
M. alcinoe
Binomial name
Magneuptychia alcinoe
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Neonympha alcinoe C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Euptychia benedicta Butler, 1877
  • Euptychia pamela Hayward, 1957

Magneuptychia alcinoe, the Alcinoe satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 38 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on grasses.[2]

References

  1. Parque Nacional Sangay
  2. "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q3277107 entry