Selenophanes cassiope
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Selenophanes
Species:	S. cassiope
Binomial name
Selenophanes cassiope (Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio cassiope Cramer, [1775] Morpho caryatis Godart, [1824] Opsiphanes cassiope var. cassiopeia Staudinger, [1886] Opsiphanes cassiope placentia Fruhstorfer, 1912

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.^[2]

• 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)

• Selenophanes cassiope at Insecta.pro

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