Dircenna
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Dircenna | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Danainae |
Tribe: | Ithomiini |
Subtribe: | Dircennina |
Genus: | Dircenna Doubleday, 1847 |
Species[1] | |
Dircenna is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Edward Doubleday in 1847. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. The genus comprises fairly large ithomiines with elongated forewings which are characterized by quite straight costae and distinctively shaped discal cells. They occur from Mexico to Southern Brazil. Larvae feed on plants from the family Solanaceae, such as Solanum and Brunfelsia.
Species
Arranged alphabetically:
- Dircenna adina (Hewitson, 1855)
- Dircenna dero (Hübner, 1823) — Dero Clearwing
- Dircenna jemina (Geyer, [1837])
- Dircenna klugii (Geyer, 1837) — Klug's Clearwing
- Dircenna loreta Haensch, 1903
- Dircenna olyras (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
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References
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dircenna". ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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- Ithomiini
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Nymphalidae genera
- Taxa described in 1847
- Taxa named by Edward Doubleday
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