Hypothyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1821. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

Hypothyris
Hypothyris ninonia - MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Hypothyris
Hübner, 1821
Type species
Nereis ninonia
Hübner, [1806]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Dynothea Reakirt, [1866]
  • Mansueta d'Almeida, 1922
  • Pseudomechanitis Röber, 1930
  • Garsauritis d'Almeida, 1938
  • Rhodussa d'Almeida, 1939

Species

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Arranged alphabetically within species groups:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Hypothyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms