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Microtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Chlosynina
Genus: Microtia
Bates, 1864
Species: M. elva
Binomial name
Microtia elva
Bates, 1864
Synonyms
  • Microtia elva f. draudti Röber,

Microtia is a monophyletic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. It contains the single species Microtia elva, the elf. Larvae of this species feed on Tetramerium and other species in the family Acanthaceae.

Subspecies

  • M. e. elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
  • M. e. horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)

References

  1. "Microtia Bates, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Allen, Thomas J.; Brock, James P.; Glassberg, Jeffrey (2005). Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America. OUP USA. p. 84. ISBN 9780195149876.
Taxon identifiers
Microtia
Microtia elva
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