Selenophanes cassiope

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Selenophanes cassiope
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Selenophanes
Species:
S. cassiope
Binomial name
Selenophanes cassiope
(Cramer, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cassiopeCramer, [1775]
  • Morpho caryatisGodart, [1824]
  • Opsiphanes cassiope var. cassiopeiaStaudinger, [1886]
  • Opsiphanes cassiope placentiaFruhstorfer, 1912
Near the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil Cassiope owl (Selenophanes cassiope).jpg
Near the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil. [2]

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References

  1. "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. TOL