Hamadryas arethusa is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in South America.

Hamadryas arethusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hamadryas
Species:
H. arethusa
Binomial name
Hamadryas arethusa
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio arethusa Cramer, 1775

Some authors [who?] consider it to be a synonym of Hamadryas laodamia.

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