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Pycina

Pycina is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.

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Pycina
Pycina zamba - male - Peru
Pycina zamba - male underside - Peru
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Coeini
Genus: Pycina
Doubleday, 1849

Pycina is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.

Species

There are two recognised species:

  • Pycina zamba Doubleday, 1849
  • Pycina zelys Godman & Salvin, 1884
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