Mynes websteri

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Mynes websteri
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Mynes websteri in Rhopalocera exotica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mynes
Species:
M. websteri
Binomial name
Mynes websteri

Mynes websteri is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Nymphalidae endemic to New Guinea. [2]

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References

  1. Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590
  2. D'Abrera, B., 1990. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 3. 416 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.