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Hypothyris lycaste

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Hypothyris lycaste
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypothyris
Species:
H. lycaste
Binomial name
Hypothyris lycaste
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lycaste Fabricius, 1793
  • Dynothea lycaste
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) cleis Bates, 1864
  • Ithomia megalopolis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Ceratinia megalopolis
  • Hypothiris mergelana
  • Ithomia dionaea Hewitson, [1854]
  • Hypothyris dionaea kremkyi Bryk, 1937
  • Ceratinia dionaea
  • Ithomia (Ceratinia) callispila Bates, 1866
  • Ceratinia mylassa Druce, 1875
  • Ithomia callispila
  • Ceratinia callispila
  • Hypothiris antonia
  • Ceratinia limpida Haensch, 1905
  • Pseudomechanitis paradoxa Röber, 1930

Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.

The larvae of ssp. callispila feed on Solanum torvum.

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