Eueides lybia
Species of butterfly
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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]
| Lybia longwing | |
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| Dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Eueides |
| Species: | E. lybia |
| Binomial name | |
| Eueides lybia (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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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)
