Eulaceura | |
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Eulaceura osteria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Apaturinae |
Genus: | Eulaceura Butler, 1872 |
Eulaceura is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Apaturinae.
The genus contains two species:
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