Epiphile is a genus of banners in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. There are about 19 described species in Epiphile.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Biblidinae |
| Tribe: | Callicorini |
| Genus: | Epiphile E. Doubleday, 1845 |
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Species edit
These 19 species belong to the genus Epiphile:
- Epiphile adrasta Hewitson, 1861 (common banner)
- Epiphile chrysites Latreille, 1823
- Epiphile dilecta Röber, 1913
- Epiphile dinora Fassl, 1912
- Epiphile electra Staudinger, 1886
- Epiphile epicaste Hewitson, 1857
- Epiphile epimenes Hewitson, 1857
- Epiphile eriopis Hewitson, 1857
- Epiphile fassli Röber, 1913
- Epiphile grandis Butler, 1872
- Epiphile hermosa De La Maza & Díaz Francés, 1978
- Epiphile hubneri Hewitson, 1861
- Epiphile kalbreyeri Fassl, 1912
- Epiphile lampethusa Doubleday, 1848
- Epiphile negrina Felder, 1862
- Epiphile orea Hübner, 1816/24
- Epiphile plusios Godman & Salvin, 1883
- Epiphile plutonia Bates, 1864
- Epiphile zipa Mengel, 1899
References edit
- ^ "Epiphile Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Epiphile". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Epiphile genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading edit
- Ackery, P. R. (1988). "Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 33 (2): 95–203. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb00446.x.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links edit
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