Catoblepia

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: Morphinae
Tribus: Brassolini
Subtribus: Brassolina
Genus: Catoblepia
Species (8): C. amphirhoe – C. berecynthia – C. generosa – C. orgetorix – C. soranus – C. versitincta – C. xanthicles – C. xanthus
Name

Catoblepia Stichel, 1902

Type species: Papilio xanthus Linnaeus, 1758
References

Bristow, C.R., 1981: A revision of the brassoline genus Catoblepia (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 72 (2): 117–163.
Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.

Catoblepia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Larvae feed on bananas[1] and adults feed on rotting fruit.[2]
Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]

The generosa species group:
Catoblepia berecynthia (Cramer, [1777])
Catoblepia generosa (Stichel, 1902)
The xanthus species group:
Catoblepia amphirhoe (Hübner, [1825])
Catoblepia versitincta (Stichel, 1901)
Catoblepia xanthicles (Godman & Salvin, [1881])
Catoblepia xanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Unknown species group:
Catoblepia orgetorix (Hewitson, 1870) – Orgetorix owl[2]
Catoblepia soranus (Westwood, 1851)

Catoblepia xanthus - MHNT

References

"Catoblepia Stichel, 1902" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Cassie, B. and Sandved, K. (2004) A World of Butterflies. NY: Bulfinch Press, p.354