Dione is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found from southern United States to South America.[1]
Dione | |
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Dione juno | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Heliconiini |
Genus: | Dione Hübner, [1819] |
Type species | |
Dione juno | |
Species | |
See text |
Species
editListed alphabetically:[1]
Eggs | Caterpillar | Chrysalis | Butterfly | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Dione moneta Hübner, [1825] | Mexican silverspot | southern United States to South America | ||||
Dione glycera (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | Andean silverspot | Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. | ||||
Dione juno (Cramer, [1779]) | Juno silverspot, Juno longwing, Juno heliconian | southern United States to South America | ||||
Dione vanillae (Zhang, et al., [2019]) | Gulf fritillary | southern parts of the U.S., such as many regions of Texas and Florida. |
References
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- ^ a b "Dione Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms