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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Tropical Brushfoots (Biblidinae) » Ageroniini » Crackers (Hamadryas) » Gray Cracker - Hodges#4542 (Hamadryas februa)

Species Hamadryas februa - Gray Cracker - Hodges#4542

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Biblidinae (Tropical Brushfoots)
Tribe Ageroniini
Genus Hamadryas (Crackers)
Species februa (Gray Cracker - Hodges#4542)
Hodges Number
4542
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hamadryas februa (Hübner, [1823])
Phylogenetic sequence # 137625
Identification
Like other crackers, this species has a row of eyespots along the edge of the hindwing. This species, within those spots, has black crescents rather than complete black circles.
Range
s. TX (as a stray) to Brazil - Map (MPG, BOA)
Remarks
It lands on tree trunks, wings spread, head downward.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 9 February, 2006 - 7:56am
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 10:38pm

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