Podotricha
Encyclopedia
Podotricha is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae
in the family Nymphalidae
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Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies . They can be divided into 45-50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea...
in the 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
- Podotricha judith (Guérin-Ménéville, 1844)
- Podotricha telesiphe (Hewitson, 1867) – Podotricha Longwing