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Selenophanes cassiope

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Selenophanes

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Similar
  
Catoblepia, Catoblepia xanthus, Narope, Opoptera, Opsiphanes cassiae

Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.

Subspecies

  • Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
  • Selenophanes cassiope amplior Stichel, 1902 (Colombia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope andromeda Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia (Staudinger, [1886]) (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Selenophanes cassiope guarany Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo)
  • Selenophanes cassiope haraposa Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará)
  • Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope perenensis Bristow, 1982 (Peru)
  • Selenophanes cassiope placentia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope theognis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

    • References

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