Dioptis butes

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Dioptis butes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. butes
Binomial name
Dioptis butes
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Tithraustes butesH. Druce, 1885
  • Phaeochlaena basalisWarren, 1900

Dioptis butes is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found from Costa Rica north to Belize and Veracruz in Mexico.

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