Hypothyris lycaste

Hypothyris lycaste
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypothyris
Species:	H. lycaste
Binomial name
Hypothyris lycaste (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio lycaste Fabricius, 1793 Dynothea lycaste Ithomia (Ceratinia) cleis Bates, 1864 Ithomia megalopolis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Ceratinia megalopolis Hypothiris mergelana Ithomia dionaea Hewitson, [1854] Hypothyris dionaea kremkyi Bryk, 1937 Ceratinia dionaea Ithomia (Ceratinia) callispila Bates, 1866 Ceratinia mylassa Druce, 1875 Ithomia callispila Ceratinia callispila Hypothiris antonia Ceratinia limpida Haensch, 1905 Pseudomechanitis paradoxa Röber, 1930

Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

The larvae of ssp. callispila feed on Solanum torvum.

Subspecies

• Hypothyris lycaste lycaste (Panama, Colombia)
• Hypothyris lycaste mergelena (Hewitson, [1855]) (Colombia)
• Hypothyris lycaste dionaea (Hewitson, [1854]) (Mexico, Guatemala)
• Hypothyris lycaste callispila (Bates, 1866) (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Hypothyris lycaste antonia (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
• Hypothyris lycaste glabra (Godman, 1899) (Colombia)
• Hypothyris lycaste limpida (Haensch, 1905) (Colombia)
• Hypothyris lycaste fraterna (Haensch, 1909) (Venezuela)
• Hypothyris lycaste limosa Fox, 1971 (Colombia)

In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Panama.