Eueides lybia explained

Eueides lybia, the lybia longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from Central America to northern South America,^[1] from Nicaragua to Bolivia.^[2]

Subspecies

• Eueides lybia lybia (Suriname)
• Eueides lybia lybioides Staudinger, 1876 (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Eueides lybia olympia (Fabricius, 1793) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
• Eueides lybia orinocensis Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
• Eueides lybia otelloi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)
• Eueides lybia salcedoi Brown & Fernández, 1985 (Venezuela)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/eueides/ "Eueides Hübner, 1816"
2. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Eueides%20lybia.htm Eueides lybia