Helcyra is a
genus of
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 ...
in the family
Nymphalidae.
Species
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Helcyra chionippe
Helcyra is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
*'' Helcyra chionippe'' Felder, 1860 New Guinea
*''Helcyra superba'' Leech, 1890 China
*''Helcyra hemina
''Helcyra hemina'', the white emperor, is a species of brush-foot ...
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Felder, 1860 New Guinea
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Helcyra superba
Helcyra is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
*''Helcyra chionippe'' Felder, 1860 New Guinea
*''Helcyra superba'' Leech, 1890 China
*''Helcyra hemina'' Hewitson, 1864 – white emperor
*''Helcyra plesseni'' (Fruhstorfer, 1 ...
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Leech, 1890 China
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Helcyra hemina
''Helcyra hemina'', the white emperor, is a species of brush-footed butterfly
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papiliono ...
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Hewitson, 1864 – white emperor
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Helcyra plesseni
Helcyra is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
*''Helcyra chionippe'' Felder, 1860 New Guinea
*''Helcyra superba'' Leech, 1890 China
*''Helcyra hemina
''Helcyra hemina'', the white emperor, is a species of brush-foote ...
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(Fruhstorfer, 1913) Taiwan
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Helcyra miyamotoi''
Koiwaya, 2003
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Helcyra subalba''
(Poujade, 1885) China
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Helcyra celebensis''
Martin, 1913 – Sulawesi white emperor
References
"''Helcyra'' Felder, 1860"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Apaturinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
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