Polygrapha Staudinger 1887

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Polygrapha cyanea
Polygrapha suprema
Polygrapha tyrianthina
Polygrapha xenocrates

Containing group: Anaeini

Introduction

A fast-flying, fruit-feeding neotropical genus. The name refers to the many fine lines that make up the ventral wing pattern in some species - quite different than the serially homologous pattern of spots and stripes distributed among the wing cells in the "nymphalid groundplan" (cf. Nijhout, 1991).

Other Names for Polygrapha Staudinger 1887

Pseudocharaxes Salazar 2001 unavailable - nomen nudum
Muyshondtia Salazar & Constantino 2001 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Pseudocharaxes Salazar & Constantino 2001 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Zikania Salazar & Constantino 2001 invalid junior homonym of Zikania Borgmeier 1925 (Diptera)

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Nijhout HF. 1991. The development and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C.

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Polygrapha cyanea
Location	Ecuador: Lita
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Identified By	Samuel Hansson
Life Cycle Stage	adult
View	ventral
Source	Cyanea Leafwing (Polygrapha cyanea)
Source Collection	Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright	© 1997 Samuel Hansson

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First online 05 November 2006
Content changed 22 May 2009

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