Microtia (butterfly)
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| Microtia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Melitaeini |
| Subtribe: | Chlosynina |
| Genus: | Microtia Bates, 1864 |
| Species: | M. elva |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtia elva Bates, 1864 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Microtia is a monotypic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. It contains the single species Microtia elva, the elf.[1] Larvae of this species feed on Tetramerium and other species in the family Acanthaceae.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Microtia elva elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
- Microtia elva horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Microtia Bates, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Allen, Thomas J.; Brock, James P.; Glassberg, Jeffrey (2005). Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America. OUP USA. p. 84. ISBN 9780195149876.