Dione moneta
Appearance
Mexican silverspot | |
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D. m. poeyii Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
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Quito, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Dione |
Species: | D. moneta
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Binomial name | |
Dione moneta (Cramer, [1779])
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Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
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Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Dione moneta, the Mexican silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found from southern United States to South America.[1]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- D. m. butleri Stichel, [1908]
- D. m. moneta Hübner, [1825]
- D. m. poeyii Butler, 1873
References
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- ^ a b "Dione Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms