Hypoleria sarepta

Hypoleria sarepta
Hypoleria sarepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypoleria
Species: H. sarepta
Binomial name
Hypoleria sarepta
(Hewitson, [1852])[1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia sarepta Hewitson, 1852
  • Ithomia virginia Hewitson, [1853]
  • Miraleria funerula Zikán, 1942
  • Hypoleria goiana d'Almeida, 1951

Hypoleria sarepta is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

Adults have translucent bluish wings and are heavily marked with orange.[2]

Subspecies

  • Hypoleria sarepta sarepta (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Hypoleria sarepta virginia (Hewitson, [1853]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Hypoleria sarepta cidonia (Hewitson, [1857]) (Colombia)
  • Hypoleria sarepta oriana (Hewitson, [1859]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Hypoleria sarepta famina Haensch, 1909 (Peru)
  • Hypoleria sarepta goiana d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Goiás))
  • Hypoleria sarepta olerioides d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Rondônia))
  • Hypoleria sarepta orianula Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
  • Hypoleria sarepta vitiosa Lamas, 1985 (Peru)

References

  1. ^ Hypoleria at funet
  2. ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
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