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Hermeuptychia hermes
Both in Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hermeuptychia
Species:
H. hermes
Binomial name
Hermeuptychia hermes
( Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hermes Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio camerta Cramer, [1780]
  • Oreas canthe Hübner, [1811]
  • Euptychia hermessa Hübner, [1819]
  • Euptychia nana Möschler, 1877
  • Hermeuptychia f. hermesina Forster, 1964
  • Hermeuptychia hermes isabella Anken, 1994

Hermeuptychia hermes, the Hermes satyr, is a species of Hermeuptychia butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Texas through Mexico to Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul), Suriname and Bolivia. The habitat consists of forest edges and shaded lawns.

The wingspan is about 31 mm.

References

  1. ^ "Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms