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

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)

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