Biology:Philaethria
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Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies
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| Philaethria dido | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Heliconiini |
| Genus: | Philaethria Billberg, 1820 |
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Metamandana Stichel, 1908 | |
Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
The following is a list of species classified under Philaethria:[1]
- Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002 - Found in Macouria, French Guiana
- Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991 - (incertae sedis) Found in the Chocó Department of western Colombia
- Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in Central America and Mexico
- Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) – scarce bamboo page, longwing dido, or green heliconia – The most widespread species of Philaethria. It can be found as far north as Mexico and Texas [2] to as far south as the Amazon basin.[3]
- Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906) - Found in the Cauca Department of western Colombia
- Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in the state of Pará, Brazil
- Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906) - Found in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil
Philaethria pygmalion - MHNT
References
- ↑ "Philaethria Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Butterflies of Texas: Scarce Bamboo Page (Philaethria dido)". Butterflies of North America, The Registry of Nature Habitats. http://www.abirdshome.com/resource/tx/66.htm. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Dido Longwing". Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Philaethria%20dido.htm. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- Philaethria, Tree of life
Wikidata ☰ Q1757987 entry
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