''Euptychia'' is a genus of satyrid

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

found in the

Neotropical realm 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 ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1818.

Species

Listed alphabetically: *'' Euptychia attenboroughi'' Neild, Nakahara, Fratello & Le Crom, 2015 *'' Euptychia cesarense'' Pulido, Andrade, Peña & Lamas, 2011 *'' Euptychia enyo'' Butler, 1867 *'' Euptychia ernestina'' Weymer, 1911 *'' Euptychia fetna'' Butler, 1870 *'' Euptychia hannemanni'' Forster, 1964 *'' Euptychia hilara'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) *'' Euptychia insolata'' Butler & H. Druce, 1872 *'' Euptychia jesia'' Butler, 1869 *'' Euptychia marceli'' Brévignon, 2005 *'' Euptychia meta'' Weymer, 1911 *'' Euptychia mollina'' (Hübner, 1813) *'' Euptychia neildi'' Brévignon, 2005 *'' Euptychia picea'' Butler, 1867 *'' Euptychia rubrofasciata'' L. Miller & J. Miller, 1988 *'' Euptychia rufocincta'' Weymer, 1911 *'' Euptychia sophiae'' Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, 2015 *'' Euptychia westwoodi'' Butler, 1867

References

Euptychiina Nymphalidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Satyrini-stub