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Dynastor napoleon Doubleday

Description

Dynastor napoleon Doubleday

(Fig. 1 A–B; 8H, J; 9G)

Type species.

Diagnosis: Both sexes can be recognized by five characters: (1) dorsal FW costal margin orange; (2) dorsal HW with a broad orange marginal band; (3) dorsal HW postmedial band absent; (4) ventral pattern cryptic, light brown mottled with dark brown; (5) ventral HW veins from the cubital sector thick and dark, contrasting the background.

Distribution: Southeastern Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Casagrande 2004).

Subspecies: None (Casagrande 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J. & Penz, Carla M., 2009, Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 2134 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188448

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Doubleday
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Dynastor
Species
napoleon
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Casagrande, M. M. (2004) Brassolini. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera (ed. By J. B. Heppner), Part 4 A Checklist (ed. By G. Lamas), pp. 201 - 205. Association of Tropical Lepidoptera / Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL.