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Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México 1 Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Martha Madora Astudillo, Rosamond Coates, Mario A. Alvarado-Mota y Dioselina Díaz-Sánchez Fotos: Martha Madora Astudillo. © Martha Madora Astudillo [[email protected]]. Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Agradecimientos: Al Dr. Fernando Hernández-Baz (Universidad Veracruzana), por la determinación de los ejemplares. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [942] versión 1 9/2017 1 Adelpha diazi 2 Adelpha felderi 3 Adelpha leuceria 4 Adelpha leucerioides Beutelspacher, 1975 (Boisduval, 1870) (H. Druce, 1874) Beutelspacher, 1975 5 Adelpha lycorias melanthe 6 Adelpha milleri 7 Adelpha naxia naxia 8 Adelpha phylaca phylaca (H. Bates, 1864) Beutelspacher, 1976 (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) (H. Bates, 1866) 9 Adelpha serpa celerio 10 Aeria eurimedia pacifica 11 Altinote ozomene nox 12 Anartia fatima fatima (H. Bates, 1864) Godman & Salvin, 1879 (H. Bates, 1864) (Fabricius, 1793) 13 Anartia jatrophae luteipicta 14 Anthanassa ptolyca ptolyca 15 Archaeoprepona a. amphiktion 16 Archaeoprepona demophon centralis Fruhstorfer, 1907 (H. Bates, 1864) Fruhstorfer, 1916 Fruhstorfer, 1904 17 Biblis hyperia aganisa 18 Caligo telamonius memnon 19 Caligo uranus 20 Callicore lyca lyca Boisduval, 1836 (C. Felder y R. Felder, 1867) Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847) Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México 2 Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Martha Madora Astudillo, Rosamond Coates, Mario A. Alvarado-Mota y Dioselina Díaz-Sánchez Fotos: Martha Madora Astudillo. © Martha Madora Astudillo [[email protected]]. Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Agradecimientos: Al Dr. Fernando Hernández-Baz (Universidad Veracruzana), por la determinación de los ejemplares. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [942] versión 1 9/2017 21 Castilia myia 22 Catonephele mexicana ♀ 23 Catonephele mexicana ♂ 24 Catonephele numilia esite ♀ (Hewitson, 1864) Jenkins & R. G. de la Maza, 1985 Jenkins & R. G. de la Maza, 1985 (R. Felder, 1869) 25 Catonephele numilia esite ♂ 26 Chlosyne erodyle 27 Chlosyne janais janais 28 Chlosyne lacinia lacinia (R. Felder, 1869) (H. W. Bates, 1864) (Drury, 1782) (Geyer, 1837) 29 Chlosyne theona theona 30 Colobura dirce dirce 31 Consul electra electra 32 Danaus plexippus plexippus (Ménétriés, 1855) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Westwood, 1850) (Linnaeus, 1758) 33 Danaus eresimus montezuma 34 Diaethria anna anna 35 Dircenna klugii 36 Doxocopa laure laure Talbot, 1943 (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Geyer & Hübner, 1837) (Drury, 1773) 37 Dryadula phaetusa 38 Dynamine postverta mexicana 39 Epiphile adrasta adrasta 40 Eresia phillyra phillyra (Linnaeus, 1758) d´Almeida, 1952 Hewitson, 1861 Hewitson, 1852 Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México 3 Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Martha Madora Astudillo, Rosamond Coates, Mario A. Alvarado-Mota y Dioselina Díaz-Sánchez Fotos: Martha Madora Astudillo. © Martha Madora Astudillo [[email protected]]. Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Agradecimientos: Al Dr. Fernando Hernández-Baz (Universidad Veracruzana), por la determinación de los ejemplares. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [942] versión 1 9/2017 41 Eryphanis aesacus ♀ 42 Eueides aliphera gracilis 43 Eunica monima 44 Euptoieta hegesia meridiana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) Stichel, 1903 (Stoll, 1782) Stichel, 1938 45 Euptychia westwoodi 46 Fountainea eurypyle confusa 47 Fountainea halice martinezi 48 Greta annette annette Butler, 1867 (A. Hall, 1929) (J. De la Maza & Díaz, 1978) (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) 49 Hamadryas amphinome mexicana 50 Hamadryas februa 51 Hamadryas feronia 52 Hamadryas iphthime joannae (Lucas, 1853) (Hübner, 1823) Linnaeus, 1758 Jenkins, 1983 53 Heliconius charithonia vazquezae 54 Heliconius doris viridis 55 Heliconius erato petiverana 56 Heliconius hortense W. Comstock & F. Brown, 1950 Staudinger, 1885 (E. Doubleday, 1847) (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) 57 Heliconius ismenius telchinia 58 Hermeuptychia hermes 59 Historis acheronta acheronta 60 Hyposcada virginiana virginiana (E. Doubleday, 1847) (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775) (Hewitson, 1856) Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México 4 Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Martha Madora Astudillo, Rosamond Coates, Mario A. Alvarado-Mota y Dioselina Díaz-Sánchez Fotos: Martha Madora Astudillo. © Martha Madora Astudillo [[email protected]]. Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Agradecimientos: Al Dr. Fernando Hernández-Baz (Universidad Veracruzana), por la determinación de los ejemplares. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [942] versión 1 9/2017 61 Junonia coenia 62 Lycorea halia atergatis 63 Magneuptychia libye 64 Marpesia chiron marius (Hübner, 1822) (E. Doubleday, 1847) (Linnaeus, 1767) (Cramer, 1779) 65 Marpesia harmonia ♀ 66 Marpesia harmonia ♂ 67 Marpesia petreus 68 Mechanitis menapis doryssus (Klug, 1836) (Klug, 1836) (Cramer, 1776) (H. Bates, 1864) 69 Mechanitis polymnia lycidice ♂ 70 Melinaea lilis imitata 71 Memphis moruus boisduvali 72 Memphis neidhoeferi (H. Bates, 1864) (H. Bates, 1864) (W. Comstock, 1961) (Rotger, Escalante & Coronado, 1965) 73 Memphis oenomais 74 Memphis philumena xenica ♀ 75 Memphis philumena xenica ♂ 76 Memphis pithyusa pithyusa (Boisduval, 1870) (H. Bates, 1864) (H. Bates, 1864) (R. Felder, 1869) 77 Memphis proserpina proserpina 78 Morpho helenor montezuma 79 Morpho polyphemus luna 80 Myscelia cyaniris cyaniris (Salvin, 1869) Guenée, 1859 Butler, 1869 (E. Doubleday, 1848) Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México 5 Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) Martha Madora Astudillo, Rosamond Coates, Mario A. Alvarado-Mota y Dioselina Díaz-Sánchez Fotos: Martha Madora Astudillo. © Martha Madora Astudillo [[email protected]]. Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Agradecimientos: Al Dr. Fernando Hernández-Baz (Universidad Veracruzana), por la determinación de los ejemplares. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [942] versión 1 9/2017 81 Napeogenes tolosa tolosa 82 Nessaea aglaura aglaura ♀ 83 Nessaea aglaura aglaura ♂ 84 Oleria paula (Hewitson, 1855) (Doubleday, 1848) (Doubleday, 1848) (Weymer, 1883) 85 Opsiphanes cassina fabricii 86 Opsiphanes quiteria quiteria 87 Pareuptychia m. metaleuca 88 Pareuptychia ocirrhoe (Boisduval, 1870) (Stoll, 1780) (Boisduval, 1870) (Fabricius, 1776) 89 Philaethria diatonica 90 Pierella luna rubecula 91 Pteronymia cotytto cotytto 92 Pyrrhogyra otolais otolais (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (H. Bates, 1864) 93 Siproeta epaphus epaphus 94 Siproeta stelenes biplagiata 95 Smyrna blomfildia datis ♀ 96 Smyrna blomfildia datis ♂ (Latreille, 1813) (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Fruhstorfer, 1908) 97 Taygetis thamyra 98 Taygetis virgilia 99 Temenis laothoe hondurensis 100 Zaretis callidryas (Crmer, 1779) (Cramer, 1776) (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (R. Felder, 1869) .
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