Opsiphanes cassiae

Opsiphanes cassiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Opsiphanes
Species:	O. cassiae
Binomial name
	Opsiphanes cassiae; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Last updated August 27, 2025

Opsiphanes cassiae is a species of butterfly that contains several subspecies. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Opsiphanes cassiae contains the following subspecies:

Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae(Linnaeus, 1758) (= crameriC. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
Opsiphanes cassiae incolumisStichel, 1904
Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindiC. Felder & R. Felder, 1861

As of January 2023^[update], the genus (and species) have undergone some revision by Piovesan et al. 2023,^[2] suggesting the following changes:

Opsiphanes crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 as a synonym of Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae(Linnaeus, 1758), contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae crameriC. Felder & R. Felder, 1862).
Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindiC. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes tamarindi incolumisStichel, 1904).
Opsiphanes bogotanus castaneusStichel, 1904, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae castaneusStichel, 1904.
Opsiphanes mexicanaBristow, 1991, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae mexicanaBristow, 1991.

References

↑ "Tamarind Owl (Opsiphanes cassiae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
↑ Piovesan et al. 2023 Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa.

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[inaturalist-Opsiphanes_cassiae-1] "Tamarind Owl (Opsiphanes cassiae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[2] Piovesan et al. 2023 Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa.

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