Hypoleria
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Hypoleria is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine
) butterflies, named by Godman and Salvin in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
.
Ithomiini
Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily . These butterflies are exclusively Neotropical, found in humid forests from sea-level to 3000 m, from the southwestern United States to Argentina...
) butterflies, named by Godman and Salvin in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
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...
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Species
Arranged alphabetically.- Hypoleria adasa (Hewitson, [1855])
- Hypoleria alema (Hewitson, [1857])
- Hypoleria aureliana (Bates, 1862)
- Hypoleria jaruensis d'Almeida, 1951
- Hypoleria lavinia (Hewitson, [1855])
- Hypoleria ocalea (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
- Hypoleria sareptaHypoleria sareptaHypoleria sarepta is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.Adults have translucent bluish wings and are heavily marked with orange.-Subspecies:*Hypoleria sarepta sarepta...
(Hewitson, [1852]) - Hypoleria xenophis Haensch, 1909