Dione (butterfly)

Dione
Dione juno
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Genus: Dione
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Dione juno
Species

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Dione is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found from southern United States to South America.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Eggs Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Dione moneta Hübner, [1825] Mexican silverspot southern United States to South America
Dione glycera (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Andean silverspot Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.
Dione juno (Cramer, [1779]) Juno silverspot, Juno longwing, Juno heliconian southern United States to South America
Dione vanillae (Zhang, et al., [2019]) Gulf fritillary southern parts of the U.S., such as many regions of Texas and Florida.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dione Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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