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Catoblepia orgetorix

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Catoblepia orgetorix is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and parts of South America with a range extending from Honduras to Ecuador and Colombia. It was first identified in 1870 by British naturalist William Hewitson[1].

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Catoblepia orgetorix
Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catoblepia
Species:
C. orgetorix
Binomial name
Catoblepia orgetorix
(Hewitson, 1870)
Subspecies
  • Catoblepia orgetorix flemmingi (Rothschild, 1916)
  • Catoblepia orgetorix magnalis (Stichel, 1901)
  • Catoblepia orgetorix sticheli (Rothschild, 1932)
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Subspecies

Catoblepia orgetorix has three accepted subspecies:

  • Catoblepia orgetorix flemmingi (Rothschild, 1916)
  • Catoblepia orgetorix magnalis (Stichel, 1901)
  • Catoblepia orgetorix sticheli (Rothschild, 1932)

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