Brintesia
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Brintesia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae
subfamily Satyrinae
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This genus, described by Hans Fruhstorfer
in 1911, has only one species:
Brintesia circe
(Fabricius, 1775), common name: the Great Banded Grayling
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
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This genus, described by Hans Fruhstorfer
Hans Fruhstorfer
Hans Fruhstorfer was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World...
in 1911, has only one species:
Brintesia circe
Brintesia circe
The Great Banded Grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is the only species belonging to the genus Brintesia.-Description:...
(Fabricius, 1775), common name: the Great Banded Grayling