Napeogenes sylphis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Napeogenes |
| Species: | N. sylphis
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| Napeogenes sylphis (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])[1]
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Napeogenes sylphis is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.
The larvae of subspecies N. s. acreana have been recorded feeding on Lycianthes species.
Subspecies
[edit]- N. s. sylphis (Bolivia and Peru)
- N. s. acreana d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil)
- N. s. caucayensis Fox & Real, 1971 (Colombia)
- N. s. corena (Hewitson, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Peru)
- N. s. ercilla (Hewitson, 1858) (Brazil)
- N. s. ehu Brevignon, 2007 (French Guiana)
- N. s. ithra (Hewitson, 1855) (Brazil)
- N. s. potaronus Kaye, 1905 (Guyana)
- N. s. rindgei Fox & Real, 1971 (Peru)
- N. s. thira (Hewitson, 1874) (Bolivia and Peru)
References
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- ^ Napeogenes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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