''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 , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

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 {{Danainae-stub