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Euptoieta

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Euptoieta is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded70,467

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10
With media
12
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
FMNH, NHMUK, USNM, SAM
Recorded in
Brazil, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia

Wikidata facts

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Variegated Fritillary, Megan McCarty83.jpg
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taxon name
Euptoieta
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Euptoieta
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Euptoieta
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Encyclopedic overview

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Euptoieta is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone.

==Species== Listed alphabetically: Euptoieta bogotana (Staudinger, 1885) Euptoieta claudia (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary Euptoieta hegesia (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary Euptoieta hortensia (Blanchard, 1852) Euptoieta perdistincta (Hall, 1930) Euptoieta poasina (Schaus, 1913) Euptoieta sunides (Hewitson, 1877) Euptoieta thekla (Hall, 1919)

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