Eumaeus (butterfly)

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Eumaeus
Eumaeus atala female.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Eumaeus
Hübner, 1819[1]

Eumaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly known as cycadians. It occurs Bolivia and Peru.

Selected species

Image Species Common Name Range Notes
E. atala (Poey, 1832) Atala Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud
E. toxea (Godart, 1824) Mexican cycadian[1] Eastern and western Mexico to Nicaragua (southern Texas as very rare stray)
E. childrenae

(G. Gray, 1832)

Great cycadian Eastern and southern Mexico to Honduras [= E. debora]
E. godartii (Boisduval, 1870) White-tipped cycadian Nicaragua to western Ecuador
E. minyas (Hübner, [1809]) Minyas cycadian Colombia to Peru and central Brazil
E. toxana (Boisduval, 1870) Venezuela to Bolivia

References

  1. ^ a b "Eumaeus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

External links

  • Media related to Eumaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eumaeus at Wikispecies