Pharneuptychia innocentia

DF, Brazil.

 

This butterfly is currently identified as Pharneuptychia innocentia, but it's part of a species complex - a group of very similar species that are hard to distinguish based on appearance alone. Taxonomic revisions are underway, and new research may clarify its true identity in the near future.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Satyrinae

Tribe: Satyrini

Subtribe: Euptychiina

Genus: Pharneuptychia Forster, 1964

Species: P. innocentia (C. & R. Felder, 1867)

Binomial name: Pharneuptychia innocentia

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