''Myscelia'' is a genus of
nymphalid
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 ...
butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America.
["''Myscelia'' Doubleday, 1844"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Species
The species in the genus are:
[Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) ''A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America''. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 108.]
* ''Myscelia aracynthia
''Myscelia'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America. – blackened bluewing
* ''Myscelia cyaniris'' Doubleday, 848/small> – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical bl ...
'' (Dalman, 1823)
* ''Myscelia capenas
''Myscelia'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America. – blackened bluewing
* ''Myscelia cyaniris'' Doubleday, 848/small> – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical bl ...
'' (Hewitson, 857
* '' Myscelia cyananthe'' C. & R. Felder, 867
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Year 867 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 23 – Emperor Michael III is murde ...
/small> – blackened bluewing
* ''Myscelia cyaniris
''Myscelia cyaniris'', the blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
The length of the forewings reaches about . The dorsal sides of the upper w ...
'' Doubleday, 848
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Year 848 (Roman numerals, DCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Bordeaux, capital of Aquitaine, falls into the hand ...
/small> – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue
* ''Myscelia ethusa
''Myscelia ethusa'', the Mexican bluewing or blue wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Louis Michel François Doyère in 1840. It is found from Colombia north through Central America to Mexico. Stra ...
'' (Doyère, 840 – Mexican bluewing or blue wing
* ''Myscelia hypatia
''Myscelia'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America. – blackened bluewing
* ''Myscelia cyaniris'' Doubleday, 848/small> – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical bl ...
'' Strecker, 1900
* ''Myscelia leucocyana
''Myscelia'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America. – blackened bluewing
* ''Myscelia cyaniris'' Doubleday, 848/small> – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical bl ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1861
* '' Myscelia milloi'' Oberthür, 1916
* '' Myscelia orsis'' (Drury, 782
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Year 782 ( DCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 782 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in ...
References
External links
Biblidinae
Nymphalidae of South America
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Doubleday
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