Eumaeus (butterfly)

Eumaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Eumaeus
Eumaeus atala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Subfamily:
Theclinae
Tribe:
Eumaeini
Genus:
Eumaeus

Selected species
  • Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala – Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud
  • Eumaeus toxea (Godart, 1824) – Mexican cycadian[1] – eastern and western Mexico to Nicaragua (southern Texas as very rare stray)
  • Eumaeus childrenae (G. Gray, 1832) – great cycadian – [= debora], eastern and southern Mexico to Honduras
  • Eumaeus godartii (Boisduval, 1870) – white-tipped cycadian – Nicaragua to western Ecuador
  • Eumaeus minyas (Hübner, [1809]) – Minyas cycadian – Colombia to Peru and central Brazil
  • Eumaeus toxana (Boisduval, 1870) Venezuela to Bolivia

References
  1. "Eumaeus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  • Media related to Eumaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eumaeus at Wikispecies


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