Eueides lybia

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Lybia longwing
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Dorsal view
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Ventral view
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eueides
Species:
E. lybia
Binomial name
Eueides lybia
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio lybiaFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hypsipyleCramer, 1777
  • Papilio olympiaFabricius, 1793
  • Eueides leucommaBates, 1866
  • Eueides lybioidesStaudinger, 1876

Eueides lybia, the lybia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from Central America to northern South America, [1] from Nicaragua to Bolivia. [2]

Subspecies

References

  1. "Eueides Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Eueides lybia [usurped] , Learn about Butterflies