Dynamine postverta

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Dynamine postverta
D. p. postverta male
D. p. postverta female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Dynamine
Species:
D. postverta
Binomial name
Dynamine postverta
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio postverta Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio mylitta Cramer, [1780]
  • Dynamine mylitta f. uniocellata Bryk, 1953
  • Dynamine mylitta thoenii Anken, 1998
  • Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952
  • Dynamine mylitta ab. bipupillata Röber, 1915

Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta greenwing or four-spot sailor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.

The larvae feed on Dalechampia species.

Subspecies

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The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • D. p. postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
  • D. p. mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)

References

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  1. ^ a b Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  • Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
  • Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.


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