Eumaeus (butterfly)

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

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]

Selected species

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Eumaeus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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  •   Media related to Eumaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Eumaeus at Wikispecies