Selenophanes cassiope

Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.[2]

Selenophanes cassiope
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Selenophanes
Species:
S. cassiope
Binomial name
Selenophanes cassiope
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cassiope Cramer, [1775]
  • Morpho caryatis Godart, [1824]
  • Opsiphanes cassiope var. cassiopeia Staudinger, [1886]
  • Opsiphanes cassiope placentia Fruhstorfer, 1912
Near the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil

Subspecies
  • Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
  • Selenophanes cassiope amplior Stichel, 1902 (Colombia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope andromeda Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia (Staudinger, [1886]) (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Selenophanes cassiope guarany Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo)
  • Selenophanes cassiope haraposa Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará)
  • Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope perenensis Bristow, 1982 (Peru)
  • Selenophanes cassiope placentia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia)
  • Selenophanes cassiope theognis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

References
  1. "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. TOL


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