Hermeuptychia hermes

Hermeuptychia hermes
	both in Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hermeuptychia
Species:	H. hermes
Binomial name
	Hermeuptychia hermes; (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
	Papilio hermes Fabricius, 1775; Papilio camerta Cramer, [1780]; Oreas canthe Hübner, [1811]; Euptychia hermessa Hübner, [1819]; Euptychia nana Möschler, 1877; Hermeuptychia f. hermesina Forster, 1964; Hermeuptychia hermes isabella Anken, 1994;

Hermeuptychia hermes, the Hermes satyr, is a species of Hermeuptychia butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Texas through Mexico to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul), Suriname and Bolivia. The habitat consists of forest edges and shaded lawns.

The wingspan is about 31 mm.

References

"Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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