Selenophanes cassiope explained

Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.^[1]

Subspecies

• Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
• Selenophanes cassiope amplior Stichel, 1902 (Colombia)
• Selenophanes cassiope andromeda Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia)
• Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia (Staudinger, [1886]) (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
• Selenophanes cassiope guarany Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Selenophanes cassiope haraposa Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará)
• Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia)
• Selenophanes cassiope perenensis Bristow, 1982 (Peru)
• Selenophanes cassiope placentia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia)
• Selenophanes cassiope theognis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

References

• Selenophanes cassiope at Insecta.pro

Notes and References

1. http://tolweb.org/Selenophanes_cassiope/83549 TOL