Veladyris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | Lepidoptera
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Family: | Nymphalidae
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Subfamily: | Danainae
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Tribe: | Ithomiini
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Genus: | Veladyris Fox, 1945
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Species: | V. pardalis
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Binomial name | |
Veladyris pardalis (Salvin, 1869)[1]
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Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.