Dione (butterfly)

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Dione
Juno longwing (Dione juno) (8100578184).jpg
Dione juno
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Genus: Dione
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Dione juno
Species

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Dione is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found from southern United States to South America. [1]

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1]

EggsCaterpillarChrysalisButterflyScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Mexican Silverspot (49677044183).jpg Dione moneta Hübner, [1825]Mexican silverspotsouthern United States to South America
Dione glycera (Andean Silverspot) 2015-06-02 (6) (39412039245).jpg Dione glycera (C. & R. Felder, 1861)Andean silverspotPeru, Venezuela and Colombia.
Dione juno. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Juno heliconian (Dione juno huascuma).jpg Dione juno (Cramer, [1779])Juno silverspot, Juno longwing, Juno heliconiansouthern United States to South America
Agraulis vanillae egg.jpg Agraulis vanillae 109885109.jpg Gulf Fritillary Pupa - Flickr - treegrow.jpg Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae (50210847948).jpg Dione vanillae (Zhang, et al., [2019])Gulf fritillarysouthern parts of the U.S., such as many regions of Texas and Florida.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dione Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms