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Dynastor
Sign in to saveDynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.
Species
Daring Owl-Butterfly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Observations490
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- Parent taxon
- Brassolini
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- Dynastor napoleon
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Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.
It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dynastor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.