Microtia (butterfly)
Microtia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
Tribe: | Melitaeini |
Genus: | Microtia Bates, 1864 |
Species: | M. elva |
Binomial name | |
Microtia elva Bates, 1864 | |
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Microtia is a monophyletic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species Elf (Microtia elva).[1]
Subspecies
- M. e. elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
- M. e. horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)
References
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