Eumaeus (butterfly)

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Eumaeus
Eumaeus atala florida.jpg
Eumaeus atala
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Eumaeus
Hübner, 1819[1]

Eumaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Selected species[]

  • Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala – Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud
  • (Godart, 1824) – Mexican cycadian[1] – eastern and western Mexico to Nicaragua (southern Texas as very rare stray)
  • (G. Gray, 1832) – great cycadian – [= debora], eastern and southern Mexico to Honduras
  • Eumaeus godartii (Boisduval, 1870) – white-tipped cycadian – Nicaragua to western Ecuador
  • (Hübner, [1809]) – Minyas cycadian – Colombia to Peru and central Brazil
  • (Boisduval, 1870) Venezuela to Bolivia

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Eumaeus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

External links[]

  • Media related to Eumaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eumaeus at Wikispecies


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