Argyrophenga
Appearance
Argyrophenga | |
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Argyrophenga antipodum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subtribe: | Hypocystina |
Genus: | Argyrophenga Doubleday, 1845 |
Species | |
See text |
Argyrophenga is a genus of butterflies that are endemic to New Zealand.[1] It comprises three species that are found in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand.
Species
[edit]- Argyrophenga antipodum Doubleday, 1845 – common tussock or tussock ringlet
- Argyrophenga harrisi Craw, 1978 – Harris's tussock
- Argyrophenga janitae Craw, 1978 – Janita's tussock
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Argyrophenga.
- ^ "Argyrophenga Doubleday, 1845" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms