Paramacera

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Paramacera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Paramacera
Butler, 1868
Synonyms
  • Paramecera

Paramacera is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

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References

  1. "Paramacera Butler, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms