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Cybdelis boliviana

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Cybdelis boliviana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cybdelis
Species:
C. boliviana
Binomial name
Cybdelis boliviana
(Salvin, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Cybdelis peruviana Staudinger, 1886

Cybdelis boliviana, the Bolivian banner or Salvin's empress is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. C. boliviana can be distinguished from the other butterflies in the genus Cybdelis by a large central blue patch on the hindwing.[1] The host plant and immature stages of C. boliviana is unknown.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hoskins, Adrians. "Salvin's Empress". Learn about Butterflies. Adrian Hoskins. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ Dias, Fernando; Siewert, Ricardo; Freitas, André; Lamas, Gerardo; Magaldi, Luiza; Casagrande, Mirna; Mielke, Olaf (January 2019). "An integrative approach elucidates the systematics of Sea Hayward and Cybdelis Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (1): 226–250. Retrieved 4 September 2023.