Bletogona Explained

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.

Species

The most recent listing places Bletogona in tribe Melanitini[2] with two species:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bletogona C. & R. Felder, [1867]].
  2. Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera . Tomasz W. . Pyrcz . Steve . Collins . Anna . Zubek . Beniamin . Wacławik . Szabolcs . Sáfián . Marek . Bąkowski . Klaudia . Florczyk . 3 . 2020 . 10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-07 . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 78 . 2 . 171–216.
  3. Vane-Wright . R.I. . de Jong . R. . The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna . Zool. Verh. Leiden . 343 . 11 . 2003 . 3-267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16 . 0024-1652 . 90-73239-87-7.

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