Hypanartia | |
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Hypanartia paullus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Nymphalini |
Genus: | Hypanartia Hübner, 1821 |
Hypanartia, commonly called mapwings, is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]
Morphological data, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveal that Hypanartia is a possible sister clade a genera including: Polygonia, Aglais, Nymphalis, and more.[2]