Species of butterfly
| Hypothyris lycaste
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Hypothyris
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| Species:
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H. lycaste
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| Binomial name
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Hypothyris lycaste
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| Synonyms
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- Papilio lycaste Fabricius, 1793
- Dynothea lycaste
- Ithomia (Ceratinia) cleis Bates, 1864
- Ithomia megalopolis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
- Ceratinia megalopolis
- Hypothiris mergelana
- Ithomia dionaea Hewitson, [1854]
- Hypothyris dionaea kremkyi Bryk, 1937
- Ceratinia dionaea
- Ithomia (Ceratinia) callispila Bates, 1866
- Ceratinia mylassa Druce, 1875
- Ithomia callispila
- Ceratinia callispila
- Hypothiris antonia
- Ceratinia limpida Haensch, 1905
- Pseudomechanitis paradoxa Röber, 1930
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Hypothyris lycaste is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and northern South America.
The larvae of ssp. callispila feed on Solanum torvum.
Subspecies
- Hypothyris lycaste lycaste (Panama, Colombia)
- Hypothyris lycaste mergelena (Hewitson, [1855]) (Colombia)
- Hypothyris lycaste dionaea (Hewitson, [1854]) (Mexico, Guatemala)
- Hypothyris lycaste callispila (Bates, 1866) (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Hypothyris lycaste antonia (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
- Hypothyris lycaste glabra (Godman, 1899) (Colombia)
- Hypothyris lycaste limpida (Haensch, 1905) (Colombia)
- Hypothyris lycaste fraterna (Haensch, 1909) (Venezuela)
- Hypothyris lycaste limosa Fox, 1971 (Colombia)
In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Panama.
References
- ^ Hypothyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
