Napeogenes tolosa

Napeogenes tolosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Napeogenes
Species:	N. tolosa
Binomial name
Napeogenes tolosa (Hewitson, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Ithomia tolosa Hewitson, 1855 Ithomia chrispina Hewitson, 1874 Napeogenes amara Godman, 1899 Napeogenes diaphanosa Kaye, 1918 Napeogenes pacifica Krüger, 1925

Napeogenes tolosa, the Tolosa tigerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to northern South America.

The larvae feed on Solanum and Lycianthes species.

Subspecies[]

• Napeogenes tolosa tolosa (Mexico)
• Napeogenes tolosa amara Godman, 1899 (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama)
• Napeogenes tolosa chrispina (Hewitson, 1874) (Ecuador, Colombia)
• Napeogenes tolosa diaphanosa Kaye, 1918 (Colombia)
• Napeogenes tolosa mombachoensis Brabant & Maes, 1997 (Nicaragua)

There are two undescribed subspecies from Panama.

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