Drucina | |
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Drucina championi, figures 15 and 16 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subtribe: | Pronophilina |
Genus: | Drucina Butler, 1872 |
Drucina is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. [1] [2]
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (1844–1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
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