Megisto

Megisto is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Megisto
Little wood satyr, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Megisto
Hübner, [1819][1]
Species

See text

Species

  • 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

  1. "Megisto Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Megisto, BugGuide


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