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Heteropsis (butterfly)

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Heteropsis
H. vola, Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Elymniini
Subtribe: Mycalesina
Genus: Heteropsis
Westwood, 1850
Type species
Heteropsis drepana
Westwood, 1850
Diversity
About 60 species
Synonyms
  • Henotesia Butler, 1879
  • Houlbertia Oberthür, 1916
  • Masoura Hemming, 1964
  • Smithia Mabille, [1880]
  • Gallienia Oberthür, 1916
  • Admiratio Hemming, 1964
male H. avaratra
female H. avaratra
female H. avaratra

Heteropsis is an Afrotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Monte-Alegre, A.; Rakotomalala, Z.; Leveugle, M.; Coulier, F.; Faure, E. (25 July 2005). "Ecological, vertical and elevational distributions of Heteropsis (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae) in the rainforest of Masoala (NE Madagascar)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 43 (3): 214–222. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00317.x. ISSN 0947-5745.
  2. ^ Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Lees, David C.; BrattströM, Oskar; Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa; Collins, Steve C.; Wahlberg, Niklas; Brakefield, Paul M. (9 June 2016). "Molecular phylogeny and generic-level taxonomy of the widespread palaeotropical ' Heteropsis clade' (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Mycalesina)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 717–731. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..717A. doi:10.1111/syen.12183. ISSN 0307-6970.
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