Magneuptychia alcinoe

Magneuptychia alcinoe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Magneuptychia
Species: M. alcinoe
Binomial name
Magneuptychia alcinoe
(C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Neonympha alcinoe C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Euptychia benedicta Butler, 1877
  • Euptychia pamela Hayward, 1957

Magneuptychia alcinoe, the Alcinoe Satyr, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 38 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on grasses.[2]

References

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