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Amber Phantom (Haetera piera)

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Haetera piera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Haetera
Species:
H. piera
Binomial name
Haetera piera
Synonyms
  • Papilio piera Linnaeus, 1758
  • Haetera hymenaea C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Haetera piera var. negra C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Haetera piera f. ecuadora Brown, [1943]
  • Haetera piera f. ecuadora f. pseudopiera Brown, [1943]
  • Haetera pirea[sic] f. mariuá Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948
  • Haetera piera lesbia Bryk, 1953
  • Haetera piera lesbia f. metathetica Bryk, 1953

Haetera piera, the amber phantom, is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Haetera piera piera
  • Haetera piera diaphana Lucas, 1857 (Brazil: Bahia)
  • Haetera piera negra C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Ecuador, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Haetera piera unocellata Weymer, 1910 (Bolivia)
  • Haetera piera pakitza Lamas, 1998 (Peru)

References

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  1. ^ "Haetera Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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