Selenophanes cassiope

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Selenophanes

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

Selenophanes cassiope Wikipedia

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