Biology:Haetera piera

Short description: Species of butterfly

Haetera piera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Haetera
Species:	H. piera
Binomial name
Haetera piera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio piera Linnaeus, 1758 Haetera hymenaea C. & R. Felder, 1867 Haetera piera var. negra C. & R. Felder, 1862 Haetera piera f. ecuadora Brown, [1943] Haetera piera f. ecuadora f. pseudopiera Brown, [1943] Haetera pirea[sic] f. mariuá Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948 Haetera piera lesbia Bryk, 1953 Haetera piera lesbia f. metathetica Bryk, 1953

Haetera piera, the amber phantom, is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in the Guianas, Brazil , Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela.

Subspecies

• Haetera piera piera
• Haetera piera diaphana Lucas, 1857 (Brazil: Bahia)
• Haetera piera negra C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)
• Haetera piera unocellata Weymer, 1910 (Bolivia)
• Haetera piera pakitza Lamas, 1998 (Peru)

• 

  H. p. piera
  at the base of Ptarí-tepui, Canaima National Park, Venezuela

• 

  H. p. negra
  near Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q612432 entry