''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:
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Euptychia attenboroughi''
Neild, Nakahara, Fratello & Le Crom, 2015
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Euptychia cesarense''
Pulido, Andrade, Peña & Lamas, 2011
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Euptychia enyo''
Butler, 1867
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Euptychia ernestina
''Euptychia'' is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. 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 E ...
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Weymer, 1911
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Euptychia fetna''
Butler, 1870
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Euptychia hannemanni''
Forster, 1964
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Euptychia hilara''
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
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Euptychia insolata''
Butler & H. Druce, 1872
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Euptychia jesia''
Butler, 1869
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Euptychia marceli''
Brévignon, 2005
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Euptychia meta''
Weymer, 1911
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Euptychia mollina''
(Hübner, 1813)
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Euptychia neildi''
Brévignon, 2005
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Euptychia picea''
Butler, 1867
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Euptychia rubrofasciata''
L. Miller & J. Miller, 1988
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Euptychia rufocincta''
Weymer, 1911
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Euptychia sophiae''
Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, 2015
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Euptychia westwoodi''
Butler, 1867
References
Euptychiina
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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