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Eumaeus (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Tribe
  
Eumaeini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Theclinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Eumaeus atala, Butterflies and moths, Atlides, Pseudolycaena, Calycopis

Eumaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Selected species

  • Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala – Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud
  • Eumaeus toxea (Godart, 1824) – Mexican cycadian – eastern and western Mexico to Nicaragua (southern Texas as very rare stray)
  • Eumaeus childrenae (G. Gray, 1832) – great cycadian – [= debora], eastern and southern Mexico to Honduras
  • Eumaeus godartii (Boisduval, 1870) – white-tipped cycadian – Nicaragua to western Ecuador
  • Eumaeus minyas (Hübner, [1809]) – Minyas cycadian – Colombia to Peru and central Brazil
  • Eumaeus toxana (Boisduval, 1870) Venezuela to Bolivia

    • References

    Eumaeus (genus) Wikipedia
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