Dasyophthalma
Appearance
Dasyophthalma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Brassolini |
Genus: | Dasyophthalma Westwood, [1851][1] |
Dasyophthalma is a genus of medium-sized brownish butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are endemic to the Atlantic coastal region of Brazil. They feed on palms.
Species
[edit]- Dasyophthalma creusa (Hübner, [1821])
- Dasyophthalma geraensis Rebel, 1922
- Dasyophthalma rusina (Godart, [1824])
- Dasyophthalma vertebralis Butler, 1869
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Dasyophthalma.
- ^ Dasyophthalma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Penz, C.M., 2009: Phylogeny of Dasyophthalma butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini). Insecta Mundi 0069: 1-12. Full article: [1] Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine