Biology:Napeogenes sylphis

Short description: Species of butterfly

Napeogenes sylphis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Napeogenes
Species:	N. sylphis
Binomial name
Napeogenes sylphis (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Synonyms
Heliconia sylphis Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Ithomia ithra Hewitson, 1855 Ithomia ercilla Hewitson, 1858 Ithomia corena Hewitson, 1861 Napeogenes corena caucayaensis Fox & Real, 1971 Ithomia thira Hewitson, 1874 Napeogenes potaronus Kaye, 1905

Napeogenes sylphis is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.

The larvae of subspecies N. s. acreana have been recorded feeding on Lycianthes species.

Subspecies

• N. s. sylphis (Bolivia and Peru)
• N. s. acreana d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil )
• N. s. caucayensis Fox & Real, 1971 (Colombia)
• N. s. corena (Hewitson, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Peru)
• N. s. ercilla (Hewitson, 1858) (Brazil)
• N. s. ehu Brevignon, 2007 (French Guiana)
• N. s. ithra (Hewitson, 1855) (Brazil)
• N. s. potaronus Kaye, 1905 (Guyana)
• N. s. rindgei Fox & Real, 1971 (Peru)
• N. s. thira (Hewitson, 1874) (Bolivia and Peru)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3335880 entry