Biology:Hypoleria

Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Hypoleria
Hypoleria chrysodonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Hypoleria Godman & Salvin, [1879]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Pigritia d'Almeida, 1922 (preocc. Pigritia Clemens, 1860) Pigritina Hedicke, 1923 Heringia d'Almeida, 1924

Hypoleria is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Species

Arranged alphabetically:

• Hypoleria adasa (Hewitson, [1855])
• Hypoleria alema (Hewitson, [1857])
• Hypoleria aureliana (Bates, 1862)
• Hypoleria jaruensis d'Almeida, 1951
• Hypoleria lavinia (Hewitson, [1855])
• Hypoleria ocalea (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
• Hypoleria sarepta (Hewitson, [1852])
• Hypoleria xenophis Haensch, 1909

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3010286 entry