Smerina

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Smerina
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Smerina manoro depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Vagrantini
Genus: Smerina
Hewitson, 1874
Species:
S. manoro
Binomial name
Smerina manoro
(Ward, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
  • Atella manoroWard, 1871
  • Smerina vindonissaHewitson, 1874

Smerina is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Smerina manoro, which is found on Madagascar, [2] where it is restricted to the forests on the eastern seaboard.

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