Philaethria
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Philaethria dido | |
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Genus: | Philaethria Billberg, 1820
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Metamandana (Stichel, 1908) |
Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
The following is a list of species classified under Philaethria:[1]
- Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002 - No common name. Found in Macouria, French Guiana
- Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991 - (incertae sedis) No common name. Found in the Chocó Department of Western Colombia
- Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - No common name. Found in Central America and Mexico
- Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) – Scarce Bamboo Page, Longwing Dido, or Green Heliconia. The most widespread species of Philaethria. It can be found as far north as Mexico and Texas[2] to as far south as the Amazon Basin.[3]
- Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906) - No common name. Found in the Cauca Department of Western Colombia
- Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - No common name. Found in the state of Pará, Brazil
- Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906) - No common name. Found in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil
References
- ^ http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/philaethria/index.html Philaethria
- ^ "Butterflies of Texas: Scarce Bamboo Page (Philaethria dido)". Butterflies of North America, The Registry of Nature Habitats. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Dido Longwing". Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- Philaethria, Tree of life
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