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Catoblepia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Tribe
  
Brassolini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Satyrinae

Scientific name
  
Catoblepia

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Opoptera, Narope, Dasyophthalma, Butterflies and moths, Eryphanis

Catoblepia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Larvae feed on bananas and adults feed on rotting fruit.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.

The generosa species-group:

  • Catoblepia berecynthia (Cramer, [1777])
  • Catoblepia generosa (Stichel, 1902)

    • The xanthus species-group:

  • Catoblepia amphirhoe (Hübner, [1825])
  • Catoblepia versitincta (Stichel, 1901)
  • Catoblepia xanthicles (Godman & Salvin, [1881])
  • Catoblepia xanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • Unknown species-group:

  • Catoblepia orgetorix (Hewitson, 1870) – Orgetorix Owl butterfly
  • Catoblepia soranus (Westwood, 1851)

    • References

    Catoblepia Wikipedia
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