Aphysoneura

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Aphysoneura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melanitini (?)
Genus: Aphysoneura
Karsch, 1894
Diversity
Two species
Synonyms
  • RhaphiceropsisSharpe, 1894

Aphysoneura is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Species


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