Biology:Euptoieta

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Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Euptoieta
Variegated Fritillary, Megan McCarty83.jpg
Euptoieta claudia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Euptoieta
(Doubleday, 1848)
Species

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Euptoieta is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Euptoieta bogotana (Staudinger, 1885)
  • Euptoieta claudia (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary
  • Euptoieta hegesia (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary
  • Euptoieta hortensia (Blanchard, 1852)
  • Euptoieta perdistincta (Hall, 1930)
  • Euptoieta poasina (Schaus, 1913)
  • Euptoieta sunides (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Euptoieta thekla (Hall, 1919)

References

  1. "Euptoieta Doubleday, [1848]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN:0-945417-28-4

Wikidata ☰ Q1758035 entry