Selenophanes cassiope

Selenophanes cassiope
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Selenophanes
Species:	S. cassiope
Binomial name
	Selenophanes cassiope; (Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
	Papilio cassiope Cramer, [1775]; Morpho caryatis Godart, [1824]; Opsiphanes cassiope var. cassiopeia Staudinger, [1886]; Opsiphanes cassiope placentia Fruhstorfer, 1912;

Near the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.^[2]

Subspecies[]

Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
Selenophanes cassiope amplior Stichel, 1902 (Colombia)
Selenophanes cassiope andromeda Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia)
Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia (Staudinger, [1886]) (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
Selenophanes cassiope guarany Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo)
Selenophanes cassiope haraposa Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará)
Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia)
Selenophanes cassiope perenensis Bristow, 1982 (Peru)
Selenophanes cassiope placentia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia)
Selenophanes cassiope theognis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

References[]

^ "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ TOL

Selenophanes cassiope at Insecta.pro

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[1] "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] TOL

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