Dynamine postverta

Dynamine postverta
D. p. postverta male
D. p. postverta female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Dynamine
Species:
D. postverta
Binomial name
Dynamine postverta
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio postverta Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio mylitta Cramer, [1780]
  • Dynamine mylitta f. uniocellata Bryk, 1953
  • Dynamine mylitta thoenii Anken, 1998
  • Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952
  • Dynamine mylitta ab. bipupillata Röber, 1915

Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta greenwing or four-spot sailor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.

The larvae feed on Dalechampia species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • D. p. postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
  • D. p. mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras, Cuba)

References

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  1. ^ a b Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  • Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C, D.
  • Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
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