Eueides lybia

Lybia longwing
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eueides
Species:
E. lybia
Binomial name
Eueides lybia
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio lybia Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hypsipyle Cramer, 1777
  • Papilio olympia Fabricius, 1793
  • Eueides leucomma Bates, 1866
  • Eueides lybioides Staudinger, 1876

Eueides lybia, the lybia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from Central America to northern South America,[1] from Nicaragua to Bolivia.[2]

Subspecies

  • Eueides lybia lybia (Suriname)
  • Eueides lybia lybioides Staudinger, 1876 (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • Eueides lybia olympia (Fabricius, 1793) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
  • Eueides lybia orinocensis Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
  • Eueides lybia otelloi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
  • Eueides lybia salcedoi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

References

  1. ^ "Eueides Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Eueides lybia, Learn about Butterflies


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