Necyria
Necyria is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
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| Necyria bellona westwoodi | |
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| Genus: | Necyria Westwood, 1851 |
There are three species which all have colourful iridescent markings. They are forest insects. Some are part of mimetic complexes.
The genus was erected by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. The subspecies shown in the taxobox is named in Westwood's honour.
Species
- Necyria bellona
- Necyria ingaretha Nicaragua.
- Necyria duellona Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Colombia , Ecuador , Brazil.
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References
- Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera
External links
- Funet Systematics.
- images representing Necyria at Encyclopedia of Life
- images representing Necyria at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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