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Telenassa berenice berenice (Nymphalidae- Argynninae- Melitaeini) (29937532284).jpg
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Telenassa

Higgins, 1981

Telenassa is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found in South America. [1]

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Species

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References

  1. 1 2 "Telenassa Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms