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Napeogenes tolosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Napeogenes

Napeogenes tolosa

Similar
  
Napeogenes, Hypothyris lycaste, Butterflies and moths, Scada zibia, Mechanitis menapis

Napeogenes tolosa, the Tolosa tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to northern South America.

The larvae feed on Solanum and Lycianthes species.

Subspecies

  • Napeogenes tolosa tolosa (Mexico)
  • Napeogenes tolosa amara Godman, 1899 (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Napeogenes tolosa chrispina (Hewitson, 1874) (Ecuador, Colombia)
  • Napeogenes tolosa diaphanosa Kaye, 1918 (Colombia)
  • Napeogenes tolosa mombachoensis Brabant & Maes, 1997 (Nicaragua)

    • There are two undescribed subspecies from Panama.

    References

    Napeogenes tolosa Wikipedia
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