''Dione'' is a genus of
butterflies of the
subfamily Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the P ...
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 ...
found from southern United States to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
.
["''Dione'' Hübner, [1819]"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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References
Heliconiini
Nymphalidae of South America
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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