Cybdelis boliviana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cybdelis |
| Species: | C. boliviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cybdelis boliviana (Salvin, 1869)
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Cybdelis boliviana, the Bolivian banner or Salvin's empress is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. C. boliviana can be distinguished from the other butterflies in the genus Cybdelis by a large central blue patch on the hindwing.[1] The host plant and immature stages of C. boliviana is unknown.[2]
References
- ^ Hoskins, Adrians. "Salvin's Empress". Learn about Butterflies. Adrian Hoskins. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Dias, Fernando; Siewert, Ricardo; Freitas, André; Lamas, Gerardo; Magaldi, Luiza; Casagrande, Mirna; Mielke, Olaf (January 2019). "An integrative approach elucidates the systematics of Sea Hayward and Cybdelis Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (1): 226–250. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..226D. doi:10.1111/syen.12327. Retrieved 4 September 2023.