Bletogona is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder and his son Rudolf Felder in 1867.[1] This genus is endemic] to Sulawesi.[2]

Bletogona
Bletogona inexspectata (female), Sulawesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Melanitini
Genus: Bletogona
Felder & Felder, 1867

Species

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The most recent listing places Bletogona in tribe Melanitini[3] with two species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bletogona C. & R. Felder, [1867]".
  2. ^ a b Vane-Wright, R.I.; de Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Zool. Verh. Leiden. 343 (11): 3–267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16. ISBN 90-73239-87-7. ISSN 0024-1652.
  3. ^ Pyrcz, Tomasz W.; Collins, Steve; Zubek, Anna; et al. (2020). "Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 78 (2): 171–216. doi:10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-07.