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Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Archimestra
Figure 5 Nouveaux Memoires Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou Ménétriés
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Biblidini
Genus: Archimestra
Munroe, 1949
Species: A. teleboas
Binomial name
Archimestra teleboas
(Ménétriés, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Argynnis teleboas Ménétriés, 1832
  • Mestra teleboas

Archimestra is a monotypic genus of nymphalid butterfly. It contains only one species, Archimestra teleboas, which is endemic to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The length of the forewings is 19–25 mm for males and 21–26 mm for females.

References

  1. Archimestra, funet.fi
  2. Tree of Life Project
  3. The butterflies of Hispaniola
Taxon identifiers
Archimestra


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