Baeotus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Coeini
Genus: Baeotus
Species: B. aeilus – B. baeotus – B. deucalion – B. japetus
Name

Baeotus Hemming, 1939

Type species: Megistanis baeotus Doubleday, [1849]
References

Hemming, 1939. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8: 136.
Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z. & Nylin, S. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(2): 227–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x Open access. Reference page.

Baeotus is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
Species

There are four recognised species:

Baeotus aeilus (Stoll, 1780)
Baeotus baeotus (Doubleday, 1849)
Baeotus deucalion (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
Baeotus japetus (Staudinger, 1885)

References

"Baeotus Hemming, 1939" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms