Dynastor

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: Dynastor
Species: D. darius – D. macrosiris – D. mardonius – D. napoleon – D. populus
Name

Dynastor Doubleday, 1849

Type species Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, 1849
Synonyms

Dynastor Westwood, 1851, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 346.
Megastes Westwood, 1851, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 346. TS: Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, 1849
Megastes Boisduval, 1870, Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 53. TS: Papilio darius Fabricius, 1775

References

Doubleday, 1849, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2).
Garzón-Orduña, I.J.; Penz, C.M. 2009: Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack. Zootaxa, 2134: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt
Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.

It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.
Species

Dynastor darius (Fabricius, 1775)
Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood, 1851)
Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, [1849]

References

Dynastor at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms