Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Selenophanes |
| Species: | S. cassiope
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Subspecies
edit- Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
- Selenophanes cassiope amplior Stichel, 1902 (Colombia)
- Selenophanes cassiope andromeda Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia (Staudinger, [1886]) (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
- Selenophanes cassiope guarany Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo)
- Selenophanes cassiope haraposa Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará)
- Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope perenensis Bristow, 1982 (Peru)
- Selenophanes cassiope placentia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope theognis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
References
edit- ^ "Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ TOL
- Selenophanes cassiope at Insecta.pro
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