Dynastor
Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.
| Dynastor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Dynastor Doubleday, 1849[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dynastor napoleon Doubleday , 1849 | |
| Diversity | |
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It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.
Species
- Dynastor darius (Fabricius, 1775)
- Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood, 1851)
- Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, [1849]
References
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- Dynastor at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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