Scada karschina is a species of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Scada |
| Species: | S. karschina
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| Binomial name | |
| Scada karschina (Herbst, 1792)
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Description edit
Upperside. Antennae black. Head black, with small white spots. Neck orange. Thorax black, with grey marks. Abdomen black at top, and grey on the sides. Wings yellowish white, verged and tipped with black, without any marks or spots on them.
Underside. Palpi and breast grey. Legs black. Abdomen white. Anus yellowish. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Wingspan 2 inches (50 mm).[2]
Subspecies edit
- Scada karschina karschina
- Scada karschina delicata Talbot, 1932
References edit
- ^ Markku Savela. "Scada karschina (Herbst, 1792)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 17. pl. XIII.
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