Malaveria alcinoe

Malaveria alcinoe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Malaveria
Viloria & Benmesbah, 2021
Species:
M. alcinoe
Binomial name
Malaveria alcinoe
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Magneuptychia alcinoe (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Neonympha alcinoe C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Euptychia benedicta Butler, 1877
  • Euptychia pamela Hayward, 1957

Malaveria alcinoe, the Alcinoe satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 38 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on grasses.[3]

References

  1. ^ Marianne Espeland; Shinichi Nakahara; Thamara Zacca; Eduardo P. Barbosa; Blanca Huertas; et al. (2023). "Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 498–570. Bibcode:2023SysEn..48..498E. doi:10.1111/syen.12590. ISSN 1365-3113.
  2. ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. ^ "Magneuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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