Napaea

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Eurybiini
Subtribus: Mesosemiina
Genus: Napaea
Species: N. beltiana – N. danforthi – N. elisae – N. frustatoria – N. melampia – N. merula – N. neildi – N. nepos – N. orpheus – N. paupercula – N. sylva – N. tanos – N. theages – N. tumbesia – N. umbra – N. zikani
Name

Napaea Hübner, 1819

Type species: Cremna eucharila Bates, 1867
References

Brévignon, C. 2019. Description de nouveaux Riodinidae de Guyane et du Brésil, et changements taxonomiques dans le genre Pseudolivendula (Lepidoptera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 124(3): 307‑324. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2023 Paywall. Reference page.
Brévignon, C. & Gallard, J.-Y. 1997: Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Française II-Riodininae: Mesosemiini, Eurybiini, Incerta Sedis. Description de nouveaux taxa. (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea, 97(3): 322–342. Reference page.
Jason P.W. Hall, 2003, Systematic Entomology 28 (1): 23–37[1]
Hall, J.P.W.; Willmott, K.R. 1998: Four new Riodinid species from eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea 98(3): 325–334. Full article Reference page.
Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Napaea is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

Napaea contains strong butterflies with a robust body. The margin of the forewings is not projecting so far, the apex not so very falcate (sickle shaped), the costal of the forewing is not connected with the subcostal. They have a distinctive pattern of metallic blue or white or yellow comma-shaped marks, chevrons or punctiform spots, although in some species the markings are greatly reduced. They found in primary and degraded forest. The butterflies perch with the wings outspread in bushes near the skirts of the forests, out of which they may be beaten. They are not common.

Taxonomy

Now includes Cremna.
Species

Napaea agroeca Stichel, 1910 present in Brazil
Napaea beltiana (Bates, 1867) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia and Brazil
Napaea danforthi Warren & Opler, 1999 present in Mexico
Napaea elisae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
Napaea eucharila (Bates, 1867) present in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil
Napaea gynaecomorpha Hall, Harvey & Gallard, 2005
Napaea merula (Thieme, 1907) present in Ecuador
Napaea melampia (Bates, 1867) present in Brazil
Napaea neildi Hall & Willmott, 1998 present in Ecuador
Napaea nepos (Fabricius, 1793) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru
Napaea orpheus (Westwood, 1851) present in French Guiana and Brazil
Napaea paupercula Zikán, 1952 present in Brazil
Napaea phryxe (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Brazil
Napaea sylva (Möschler, 1877) present in French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname
Napaea tanos Stichel, 1910 present in Bolivia
Napaea theages (Godman & Salvin, 1878) present in Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador
Napaea tumbesia Hall & Lamas, 2001 present in Peru
Napaea umbra (Boisduval, 1870) present in Mexico and Brazil
Napaea zikani Stichel, 1923 present in Brazil

Sources

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