Catoblepia xanthus

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Catoblepia xanthus
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MHNT
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Ventral side - MHNT
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catoblepia
Species:
C. xanthus
Binomial name
Catoblepia xanthus
Synonyms
  • Papilio xanthusLinnaeus, 1758
  • Brassolis xanthisHübner, [1819]

Catoblepia xanthus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern South America.

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References

  1. "Catoblepia Stichel, 1902" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms