Opsiphanes cassiae

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Opsiphanes cassiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Opsiphanes
Species:
O. cassiae
Binomial name
Opsiphanes cassiae
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Opsiphanes cassiae is a species of butterfly that contains several subspecies. [1]

Taxonomy

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Opsiphanes cassiae contains the following subspecies:

  • Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758) (= crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
  • Opsiphanes cassiae incolumis Stichel, 1904
  • Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861


As of January 2023, the genus (and species) have undergone some revision by Piovesan et al. 2023,[2] suggesting the following changes:

  • Opsiphanes crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 as a synonym of Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758), contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862).
  • Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes tamarindi incolumis Stichel, 1904).
  • Opsiphanes bogotanus castaneus Stichel, 1904, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae castaneus Stichel, 1904.
  • Opsiphanes mexicana Bristow, 1991, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae mexicana Bristow, 1991.

References

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  2. ^ Piovesan et al. 2023 Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa.

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