Microtia (butterfly)
Genus of butterflies
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Microtia is a monotypic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. It contains the single species Microtia elva, the elf.[1] Larvae of this species feed on Tetramerium and other species in the family Acanthaceae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Subtribe: | Chlosynina |
| Genus: | Microtia Bates, 1864 |
| Species: | M. elva |
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| Microtia elva Bates, 1864 | |
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Subspecies
- Microtia elva elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
- Microtia elva horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)