Napeogenes sylphis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Napeogenes sylphis		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Napeogenes Rank Species

Similar Napeogenes, Hypothyris, Melinaea, Oleria, Hyposcada

Napeogenes sylphis is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South America.

The larvae of subspecies N. s. acreana have been recorded feeding on Lycianthes species.

Subspecies

N. s. sylphis (Bolivia and Peru)

N. s. acreana d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil)

N. s. caucayensis Fox & Real, 1971 (Colombia)

N. s. corena (Hewitson, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Peru)

N. s. ercilla (Hewitson, 1858) (Brazil)

N. s. ehu Brevignon, 2007 (French Guiana)

N. s. ithra (Hewitson, 1855) (Brazil)

N. s. potaronus Kaye, 1905 (Guyana)

N. s. rindgei Fox & Real, 1971 (Peru)

N. s. thira (Hewitson, 1874) (Bolivia and Peru)

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