Biology:Epityches

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Short description: Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Epityches
Epityches eupompe-2.jpg
Epityches eupompe
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Epityches
d'Almeida, 1938
Species:
E. eupompe
Binomial name
Epityches eupompe
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Tritonia Geyer, 1832

Epityches is a monotypic genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by d'Almeida in 1938. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. Its sole species is Epityches eupompe.[1]

References

  1. Epityches at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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