Lasiophila

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Lasiophila
Fiery Satyr (Lasiophila orbifera), Arvi Park, Colombia.jpg
Fiery satyr ( Lasiophila orbifera ), Arví Park, Colombia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Pronophilina
Genus: Lasiophila
C. & R. Felder, 1859
Species

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Lasiophila is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found in South America.

Species

White-patched lasio (Lasiophila piscina), Machu Picchu, Peru White-patched Lasio (Lasiophila piscina), Machu Picchu.jpg
White-patched lasio (Lasiophila piscina), Machu Picchu, Peru

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References

  1. "Lasiophila C. & R. Felder, 1859" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms