Caenoptychia is a monotypic, Neotropic, genus of satyrid butterflies. Its sole species, Caenoptychia boulleti, is found in south-eastern Brazil.[2]

Caenoptychia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Caenoptychia
Le Cerf, 1919[1]
Species:
C. boulleti
Binomial name
Caenoptychia boulleti
Synonyms
  • Coenoptychia[1]
  • Euptychia virgata Joicey & Talbot, 1924[1]
  • Ristia tigrina Gagarin, 1936[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Markku Savela. "Caenoptychia Le Cerf, 1919". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Caenoptychia boulleti". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 7 December 2016.