Veladyris
| Veladyris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Danainae |
| Tribe: | Ithomiini |
| Genus: | Veladyris Fox, 1945 |
| Species: | V. pardalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Veladyris pardalis (Salvin, 1869)[1] | |
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Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Subspecies
- Veladyris pardalis pardalis (Ecuador)
- Veladyris pardalis aurea Lamas, 1980 (Ecuador)
- Veladyris pardalis christina Lamas, 1980 (Peru)
- Veladyris pardalis cytharista (Hewitson, 1874) (Peru)
- Veladyris pardalis totumbra (Kaye, 1919) (Peru)
There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.
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