Hyantis

Hyantis hodeva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Hyantis
Hewitson, 1862
Species: H. hodeva
Binomial name
Hyantis hodeva
Hewitson, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyantis infumata Staudinger, 1894
  • Hyantis melanomata Staudinger, 1894
  • Hyantis albiplaga Rothschild, 1916
  • Hyantis hodeva albiplaga ab. pallida Rothschild, 1916
  • Hyantis hageni Röber, 1903
  • Hyantis microphthalma Heller, 1894
  • Hyantis xanthophthalma Röber, 1903

Hyantis is a genus of nymphalid butterfly in the group morphinae. They resemble Taenaris as they mimic them. Hyantis consists of one species, Hyantis hodeva.

Due to recent molecular analysis (Peña et. al) and differences in both wing venation structure and larval morphology, It is clear that Hyantis is different from the other members of the Amathusiini, however its placement in Elymniini is uncertain.[2]

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