Bletogona
Appearance
Bletogona | |
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Bletogona inexspectata (female), Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Melanitini |
Genus: | Bletogona Felder & Felder, 1867 |
Bletogona is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder and his son Rudolf Felder in 1867.[1] This genus is endemic] to Sulawesi.[2]
Species
[edit]The most recent listing places Bletogona in tribe Melanitini[3] with two species:[2]
- Bletogona inexspectata Uémura, 1987
- Bletogona mycalesis Felder & Felder, 1867
References
[edit]- ^ "Bletogona C. & R. Felder, [1867]".
- ^ a b Vane-Wright, R.I.; de Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zool. Verh. Leiden. 343 (11): 3–267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16. ISBN 90-73239-87-7. ISSN 0024-1652.
- ^ Pyrcz, Tomasz W.; Collins, Steve; Zubek, Anna; et al. (2020). "Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 78 (2): 171–216. doi:10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-07.