Hypanartia

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Hypanartia
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Hypanartia paullus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Hypanartia
Hübner, 1821

Hypanartia, commonly called mapwings, is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. [1]

Species

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References

  1. "Hypanartia Hübner, [1821]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms