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| Type species: Catoblepia xanthus - MHNT | |
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| Genus: | Catoblepia Stichel, 1902 |
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Catoblepia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Larvae feed on bananas [1] and adults feed on rotting fruit. [2]
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