Hypna

Hypna
Ventral view of Hypna clytemnestra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Hypna
Hübner, 1819
Species:
H. clytemnestra
Binomial name
Hypna clytemnestra
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Genus
    • Hecalene Doubleday, 1844
  • Species
    • Papilio clytemnestra Cramer
    • Anaea clytemnestra
    • Hypna clytemnestra Godman & Salvin, 1884
    • Hypna clytaemnestra var. negra C. & R. Felder, 1862
    • Hypna globosa Butler, 1866
    • Hypna velox Butler, 1866
    • Hypna forbesi Godman & Salvin, [1884]
    • Hypna elongata Butler, 1866
    • Hecalene iphigenia Westwood, 1850

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.

  1. ^ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 123.