Myscelia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Myscelia
Species: M. aracynthia – M. capenas – M. cyananthe – M. cyaniris – M. ethusa – M. hypatia – M. leucocyana – M. milloi – M. orsis
Name

Myscelia Doubleday, 1844

Type species: Papilio orsis Drury, [1782]
Synonyms

Sagaritis Hübner, [1821]

Myscelia ethusa

References

Jenkins, D.W., 1984: Neotropical Nymphalidae II. Revision of Myscelia. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, 87: 1–64.
Lamas G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America.[1]
Species

The species in the genus are:[1][2]

Myscelia aracynthia (Dalman, 1823)
Myscelia capenas (Hewitson, [1857])
Myscelia cyananthe C. & R. Felder, [1867] – blackened bluewing
Myscelia cyaniris Doubleday, [1848] – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue
Myscelia ethusa (Doyère, [1840]) – Mexican bluewing or blue wing
Myscelia hypatia Strecker, 1900
Myscelia leucocyana C. & R. Felder, 1861
Myscelia milloi Oberthür, 1916
Myscelia orsis (Drury, [1782])

References

"Myscelia Doubleday, 1844" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 108.