Dynamine postverta
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| Dynamine postverta | |
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| File:Dynamine postverta postverta MHNT male.jpg | |
| D. p. postverta male | |
| File:Dynamine postverta postverta MHNT femelle.jpg | |
| D. p. postverta female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Dynamine |
| Species: | D. postverta
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| Binomial name | |
| Dynamine postverta | |
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Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta greenwing or four-spot sailor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.
The larvae feed on Dalechampia species.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- D. p. postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
- D. p. mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Dynamine postverta.
- ^ a b Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
- Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
- Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
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Categories:
- Biblidinae
- Butterflies of Central America
- Lepidoptera of Suriname
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies of Cuba
- Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Fauna of the Amazon
- Butterflies described in 1780
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Lepidoptera of Argentina
- Biblidinae stubs