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Hypanartia

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Hypanartia
Hypanartia paullus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Hypanartia
Hübner, 1821

Hypanartia, commonly called mapwings, is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.[1]

Morphological data, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveal that Hypanartia is a possible sister clade a genera including: Polygonia, Aglais, Nymphalis, and more.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hypanartia Hübner, [1821]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Nylin, Sören; Nyblom, Klas; Ronquist, Fredrik; Janz, Niklas; Belicek, Joseph; Källersjö, Mari (August 2001). "Phylogeny of Polygonia, Nymphalis and related butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a total-evidence analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132 (4): 441–468. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02470.x. ISSN 0024-4082.