Английская Википедия:Hypna
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Hypna is a butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae. It is monotypic, containing only Hypna clytemnestra, the jazzy leafwing,[1] marbled leafwing or silver-studded leafwing.
Description
Hypna clytemnestra is the largest member of the tribe Anaeini. This "leafwing butterfly" is quite uncommon. The uppersides of the forewings are black, with a few white spots on the margins and two large white transverse bands. The uppersides of the hindwings are mainly brown. The undersides mimic dead leaves, ranging from dark brown to whitish. Larvae feed on Croton floribundus (Euphorbiaceae), while adults feed on rotting fruits.
Distribution
Hypna clytemnestra can be found from Mexico to the Amazon basin.
Habitat
This butterfly can be found in the lowlands or the foothills, at an elevation of about Шаблон:Convert above sea level.
Philately
This butterfly is on a Cuban stamp with a face value of ¢13.
Subspecies
- H. c. clytemnestra (Nicaragua - Brazil, Suriname)
- H. c. negra C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Bolivia, Panama)
- H. c. forbesi Godman & Salvin, 1884 (Brazil: Pernambuco)
- H. c. huebneri Butler, 1866 (Brazil)
- H. c. rufescens Butler, 1866 (Venezuela, Colombia)
- H. c. mexicana Hall, 1917 (Mexico: Oaxaca)
- H. c. corymbaensis Talbot, 1928 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
- H. c. iphigenia Herrich-Schäffer, 1862 (Cuba)[2]
Gallery
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Specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
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Subspecies and forms from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1866, plate XXIII)
References
- Biolib
- Hypna clytemnestra, Butterflies of Amazonia
External links
- ↑ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 123.
- ↑ "Hypna Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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