Dioptis butes is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found from Costa Rica north to Belize and Veracruz in Mexico.

Dioptis butes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dioptis
Species:
D. butes
Binomial name
Dioptis butes
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Tithraustes butes H. Druce, 1885
  • Phaeochlaena basalis Warren, 1900

References

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  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.