Dynastor

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Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Dynastor
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Brassolini
Genus: Dynastor
Doubleday, 1849[1]
Type species
Dynastor napoleon
Doubleday , 1849
Diversity
3
Synonyms
  • Megastes Westwood ,1851

Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.

It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.

Species

  • Dynastor darius (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood, 1851)
  • Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, [1849]

References

  1. Dynastor at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

  • tolweb.org

Wikidata ☰ Q3020570 entry




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