''Hypothyris lycaste'' is a species of
butterfly
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 ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
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. It is found in
Central
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Directions and generalised locations
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and northern
South America
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.
The larvae of ssp. ''callispila'' feed on ''
Solanum torvum
''Solanum torvum'', the turkey berry, devil's fig, pea eggplant, platebrush or susumber, is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affe ...
''.
Subspecies
*''Hypothyris lycaste lycaste'' (Panama, Colombia)
*''Hypothyris lycaste mergelena''
(Hewitson, 855
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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(Colombia)
*''Hypothyris lycaste dionaea''
(Hewitson, 854
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Events
By place Europe
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(Mexico, Guatemala)
*''Hypothyris lycaste callispila''
(Bates, 1866) (Costa Rica, Panama)
*''Hypothyris lycaste antonia''
(Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
*''Hypothyris lycaste glabra''
(Godman, 1899) (Colombia)
*''Hypothyris lycaste limpida''
(Haensch, 1905) (Colombia)
*''Hypothyris lycaste fraterna''
(Haensch, 1909) (Venezuela)
*''Hypothyris lycaste limosa''
Fox, 1971 (Colombia)
In addition, there is one unnamed subspecies from Panama.
References
Butterflies described in 1793
Ithomiini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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