Hermeuptychia hermes

Hermeuptychia hermes
Both in Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hermeuptychia
Species:	H. hermes
Binomial name
Hermeuptychia hermes (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio hermesFabricius, 1775 Papilio camertaCramer, [1780] Oreas cantheHübner, [1811] Euptychia hermessaHübner, [1819] Euptychia nanaMöschler, 1877 Hermeuptychia f. hermesinaForster, 1964 Hermeuptychia hermes isabellaAnken, 1994

Hermeuptychia hermes, the Hermes satyr, is a species of Hermeuptychia butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Texas through Mexico to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul), Suriname and Bolivia. The habitat consists of forest edges and shaded lawns.

The wingspan is about 31 mm.

References

1. "Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms