Penetes
Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus
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Penetes is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species Penetes pamphanis is a large butterfly native to south-eastern Brazil.
| Penetes pamphanis | |
|---|---|
| MHNT | |
| Underside - MHNT | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Penetes Doubleday, [1849][1] |
| Species: | P. pamphanis |
| Binomial name | |
| Penetes pamphanis Doubleday, [1849] | |