Eueides lybia
Lybia longwing | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Eueides |
Species: | E. lybia |
Binomial name | |
Eueides lybia (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Eueides lybia, the lybia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from Central America to northern South America,[1] from Nicaragua to Bolivia.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Eueides lybia lybia (Suriname)
- Eueides lybia lybioides Staudinger, 1876 (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Eueides lybia olympia (Fabricius, 1793) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
- Eueides lybia orinocensis Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
- Eueides lybia otelloi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
- Eueides lybia salcedoi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
References
[edit]- ^ "Eueides Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Eueides lybia, Learn about Butterflies