Heteropsis | |
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H. vola, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Elymniini |
Subtribe: | Mycalesina |
Genus: | Heteropsis Westwood, 1850 |
Type species | |
Heteropsis drepana Westwood, 1850 | |
Diversity | |
About 60 species | |
Synonyms | |
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Heteropsis is an Afrotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. [1] [2]
The Satyrini is one of the tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. It includes about 2200 species and is therefore the largest tribe in the subfamily which comprises 2500 species.