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Chetone histrio

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Genus
  
Chetone

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Hypocrita, Urania leilus, Cymothoe, Eurytides

Chetone histrio, Boisduval's Tiger, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It was described by Boisduval in 1870. It is found in Honduras, Guatemala and Peru. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at elevations between 500 and 2,000 meters on the eastern slopes of the Andes.

Subspecies

  • Chetone histrio histrio
  • Chetone histrio histrionica Lamas & Grados, 1996
  • References

    Chetone histrio Wikipedia