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''Catoblepia'' is a genus of
Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...
butterflies in the family
Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. Larvae feed on bananas and adults feed on rotting fruit.


Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:"''Catoblepia'' Stichel, 1902"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*The ''generosa'' species group: **'' Catoblepia berecynthia'' (Cramer, 777 **'' Catoblepia generosa'' (Stichel, 1902) *The ''xanthus'' species group: **'' Catoblepia amphirhoe'' (Hübner,
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**'' Catoblepia versitincta'' (Stichel, 1901) **'' Catoblepia xanthicles'' (Godman & Salvin, 881 **''
Catoblepia xanthus ''Catoblepia xanthus'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small port ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *Unknown species group: **'' Catoblepia orgetorix'' (Hewitson, 1870) – Orgetorix owlCassie, B. and Sandved, K. (2004) A World of Butterflies. NY: Bulfinch Press, p.354 **'' Catoblepia soranus'' (Westwood, 1851) Catoblepia xanthus MHNT.jpg, ''
Catoblepia xanthus ''Catoblepia xanthus'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small port ...
'' - MHNT


References

Morphinae Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel {{Morphinae-stub