Malaveria alcinoe
Appearance
Malaveria alcinoe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Magneuptychia |
Species: | M. alcinoe
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Binomial name | |
Magneuptychia alcinoe | |
Synonyms | |
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Magneuptychia alcinoe, the Alcinoe satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.
The wingspan is about 38 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on grasses.[2]
References
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms