Opoptera

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Opoptera
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus:Opoptera
Aurivillius, 1882 [1]
Synonyms
  • MimoblepiaCasagrande, 1982 [2]

Opoptera is a genus of South American butterflies formerly considered to be part of the genus Opsiphanes .

<i>Opsiphanes</i> genus of insects

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Species

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References

  1. "Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Opoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project