Malaveria alcinoe
Appearance
Malaveria alcinoe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Malaveria Viloria & Benmesbah, 2021 |
Species: | M. alcinoe
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Binomial name | |
Malaveria alcinoe | |
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Malaveria alcinoe, the Alcinoe satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.
The wingspan is about 38 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on grasses.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Marianne Espeland; Shinichi Nakahara; Thamara Zacca; Eduardo P. Barbosa; Blanca Huertas; et al. (2023). "Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 498–570. Bibcode:2023SysEn..48..498E. doi:10.1111/syen.12590. ISSN 1365-3113.
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms