Hypanartia
Hypanartia, commonly called mapwings, is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.
Species
Orange Mapwing
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Observations3,406
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Hypanartia, commonly called mapwings, is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.
Morphological data, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveal that Hypanartia is a possible sister clade a genera including: Polygonia, Aglais, Nymphalis, and more.