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| Museum specimen in Muséum de Toulouse | |
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| Genus: | Methone Doubleday, 1847 |
| Species: | M. cecilia |
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| Methone cecilia (Cramer, [1777]) | |
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Methone is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
The genus Methone is monotypic. The single species is Methone cecilia is unmistakably characterized by the conspicuous colouring and the deeply indented margin of the hindwing being continued in the female at the ends of the veins into teeth-like small tails. On the forewing the subcostal is four-branched; the branches 1 and 2 rise before, 3 and 4 behind the cell. The hindwing is without a basal vein. The palpi are extremely short.
The colouring resembles that of certain Themone , Cartea, Monethe , Aricoris which imitate butterflies such as Ithomiinae and pericopine moths. The females are very stout and clumsy which makes them still more similar to the unwieldy Actinote . They are quite common but they are local and seem not to leave their birthplace. [1]
The poplar admiral is a butterfly in the subfamily Limenitinae of the family Nymphalidae.
Parnassius stubbendorfi is a high-altitude butterfly found in Russia, Altai Mountains across central, south, and far east Siberia, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands and from Mongolia across north China to west Korea and Japan (Hokkaido). It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
Parnassius behrii, the Sierra Nevada parnassian, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California, US, where it is found in habitats such as rock slides, alpine tundra, and stream edges. Adults use members of the family Asteraceae as nectar plants, and both adults and larvae use Sedum species as nectar and host plants. P. behrii has one flight from mid-July to early September.
Eueides aliphera, the Juliette, is a species of nymphalid butterfly, belonging to Heliconiinae subfamily found in the Neotropical ecozone.
Eurybia is a Neotropical genus of metalmark butterflies found from Mexico to Bolivia.
Alesa is a New World genus of metalmark butterflies found in northern South America.
Adelotypa is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America.
Mimoides euryleon, the false cattleheart swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
Mimoides pausanias, the Pausanias swallowtail or bluish mimic-swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.
Panara is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Mesene is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Xenandra is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Pheles is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Euselasia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are present only in the Neotropical realm. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Mesosemia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Symmachia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Nymphidium is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Calospila is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas.
Delias bothwelli is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1909. It is found in the Arfak Mountains of New Guinea.
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