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Opoptera

Opoptera is a genus of South American butterflies formerly considered to be part of the genus Opsiphanes.

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Opoptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Brassolini
Genus: Opoptera
Aurivillius, 18821
Synonyms
  • Mimoblepia Casagrande, 19822

Opoptera is a genus of South American butterflies formerly considered to be part of the genus Opsiphanes.

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Species

  • Species group aorsa
    • Opoptera aorsa (Godart, [1824])
    • Opoptera arsippe (Hopffer, 1874)
    • Opoptera bracteolata Stichel, 1901
    • Opoptera hilaris Stichel, 1901
    • Opoptera staudingeri (Godman & Salvin, 1894)
  • Species group syme
    • Opoptera fruhstorferi (Röber, 1896)
    • Opoptera sulcius (Staudinger, 1887)
    • Opoptera syme (Hübner, [1821])
References

References

  1. "Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Opoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project