''Velamysta pupilla'' 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
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 ...
. It is found in
Bolivia
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,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
.
Subspecies
*''Velamysta pupilla pupilla'' (Bolivia)
*''Velamysta pupilla anomala''
(Staudinger, 884 (Colombia)
*''Velamysta pupilla cruxifera''
(Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)
*''Velamysta pupilla greeneyi''
Vitale & Bollino, 2003 (Ecuador)
*''Velamysta pupilla veronica''
(Weymer, 1899) (Colombia)
References
Butterflies described in 1874
Ithomiini
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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