Selenophanes

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: Selenophanes
Species (3): S. cassiope – S. josephus – S. supremus
Name

Selenophanes Staudinger, 1887

Type species: Papilio cassiope Cramer, 1775
References

Bristow, C.R., 1982: A revision of the brassoline genus Selenophanes (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76 (4): 273–291.
Casagrande, M.M. 1992: New Subspecies of Selenophanes from Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 3 (2).

Selenophanes is a genus of Neotropical butterflies.
Species

Unknown species group
Selenophanes cassiope (Cramer, [1775])
Selenophanes supremus Stichel, 1901
The josephus species group
Selenophanes josephus (Godman & Salvin, [1881])

References

"Selenophanes Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms