Biology:Myscelia
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Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies
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| Myscelia ethusa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Myscelia Doubleday, 1844 |
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Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America and South America.[1]
Species
The species in the genus are:[1][2]
- Myscelia aracynthia (Dalman, 1823)
- Myscelia capenas (Hewitson, [1857])
- Myscelia cyananthe C. & R. Felder, [1867] – blackened bluewing
- Myscelia cyaniris Doubleday, [1848] – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue
- Myscelia ethusa (Doyère, [1840]) – Mexican bluewing or blue wing
- Myscelia hypatia Strecker, 1900
- Myscelia leucocyana C. & R. Felder, 1861
- Myscelia milloi Oberthür, 1916
- Myscelia orsis (Drury, [1782])
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Myscelia Doubleday, 1844" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 108.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2711938 entry
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