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Historis odius

Historis odius, the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae.

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Historis odius
Historis odius. Dorsal side
Ventral side
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Coeini
Genus: Historis
Species:
H. odius
Binomial name
Historis odius
(Fabricius, 1775)

Historis odius, the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae.1234

Distribution

Caterpillar of Historis odius source ↗

This species can be found in North America.1The MONA or Hodges number for Historis odius is 4545.5

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Historis odius:

  • Historis odius dious Lamas, 1995 i g
  • Historis odius odius (Fabricius, 1775) i g
  • Historis odius orion Fabricius, 1775 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,1 c = Catalogue of Life,2 g = GBIF,3 b = Bugguide.net4

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