Mazia

Mazia
Mazia amazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Tribe:
Melitaeini
Genus:
Mazia

Higgins, 1981
Species:
M. amazonica
Binomial name
Mazia amazonica
(Bates, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea amazonica

Mazia is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species Mazia amazonica found in South America.[1]

Subspecies

  • M. a. amazonica (Bates, 1864) (Brazil)
  • M. a. cocha Lamas, 1905 (Ecuador, Peru)
  • M. a. tambopata Lamas, 1995 (Peru)

References

  1. ^ "Mazia Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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