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]

Subspecies

• Hyantis hodeva hodeva (Waigeu)
• Hyantis hodeva helvola Stichel, 1905 (north-western Irian)
• Hyantis hodeva fuliginosa Grose-Smith, 1898 (southern New Guinea to Papua New Guinea)

References

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