Megisto is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Megisto | |
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Little wood satyr, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Subtribe: | Euptychiina |
Genus: | Megisto Hübner, [1819][1] |
Species | |
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Species
edit- Megisto cymela (Cramer, [1777]) – little wood satyr
- Megisto cymela viola (Maynard, 1891) – Viola's wood satyr[2]
- Megisto rubricata (Edwards, 1871) – red satyr [US (New Mexico, Oklahoma), Mexico, Guatemala]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Megisto.
- ^ "Megisto Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Megisto, BugGuide