Dynastor

Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.

Dynastor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Brassolini
Genus: Dynastor
Doubleday, 1849[1]
Type species
Dynastor napoleon
Doubleday , 1849
Diversity
3
Synonyms
  • Megastes Westwood ,1851

It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.

Species

  • Dynastor darius (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood, 1851)
  • Dynastor napoleon Doubleday, [1849]

References

  1. Dynastor at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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