Biology:Smerina

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Short description: Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Smerina
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Smerina manoro depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
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Smerina

Hewitson, 1874
Species:
S. manoro
Binomial name
Smerina manoro
(Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Atella manoro Ward, 1871
  • Smerina vindonissa Hewitson, 1874

Smerina is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Smerina manoro, which is found on Madagascar ,[2] where it is restricted to the forests on the eastern seaboard.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1767392 entry