Myscelia

Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America.[1]

Myscelia
Myscelia ethusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Myscelia
Doubleday, 1844
Synonyms
  • Sagaritis Hübner, [1821]

Species

The species in the genus are:[1][2]

  • Myscelia aracynthia (Dalman, 1823)
  • Myscelia capenas (Hewitson, [1857])
  • Myscelia cyananthe C. & R. Felder, [1867] – blackened bluewing
  • Myscelia cyaniris Doubleday, [1848] – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue
  • Myscelia ethusa (Doyère, [1840]) – Mexican bluewing or blue wing
  • Myscelia hypatia Strecker, 1900
  • Myscelia leucocyana C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Myscelia milloi Oberthür, 1916
  • Myscelia orsis (Drury, [1782])

References
  1. "Myscelia Doubleday, 1844" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 108.

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