Dilipa

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Dilipa
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Dilipa morgiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Apaturinae
Genus: Dilipa
Moore, 1857

Dilipa is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.

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