Hypoleria sarepta is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

Hypoleria sarepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypoleria
Species:
H. sarepta
Binomial name
Hypoleria sarepta
(Hewitson, [1852])[1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia sarepta Hewitson, 1852
  • Ithomia virginia Hewitson, [1853]
  • Miraleria funerula Zikán, 1942
  • Hypoleria goiana d'Almeida, 1951

Adults have translucent bluish wings and are heavily marked with orange.[2]

Subspecies edit

  • H. s. sarepta (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • H. s. virginia (Hewitson, [1853]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • H. s. cidonia (Hewitson, [1857]) (Colombia)
  • H. s. oriana (Hewitson, [1859]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • H. s. famina Haensch, 1909 (Peru)
  • H. s. goiana d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Goiás))
  • H. s. olerioides d'Almeida, 1951 (Brazil (Rondônia))
  • H. s. orianula Bryk, 1953 (Peru)
  • H. s. vitiosa Lamas, 1985 (Peru)

References edit

  1. ^ Hypoleria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies of Amazonia