Catoblepia | |
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Type species: Catoblepia xanthus - MHNT | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Brassolini |
Genus: | Catoblepia Stichel, 1902 |
Diversity | |
8 species |
Catoblepia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Larvae feed on bananas[1] and adults feed on rotting fruit.[2]