Euptoieta Explained

Euptoieta is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae found in the Neotropical ecological zone.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Euptoieta bogotana (Staudinger, 1885)
• Euptoieta claudia (Cramer, 1775) – variegated fritillary
• Euptoieta hegesia (Cramer, 1779) – Mexican fritillary
• Euptoieta hortensia (Blanchard, 1852)
• Euptoieta perdistincta (Hall, 1930)
• Euptoieta poasina (Schaus, 1913)
• Euptoieta sunides (Hewitson, 1877)
• Euptoieta thekla (Hall, 1919)

References

• Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL.

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/euptoieta/ "Euptoieta Doubleday, [1848]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms