''Stygionympha'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
from the subfamily
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
.
Species
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Stygionympha curlei''
Henning & Henning, 1996
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Stygionympha dicksoni''
(Riley, 1938)
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Stygionympha geraldi''
Pennington, 1970
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Stygionympha irrorata''
(Trimen, 1873)
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Stygionympha robertsoni''
(Riley, 1932)
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Stygionympha scotina''
Quickelberge, 1977
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Stygionympha vansoni''
(Pennington, 1953)
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Stygionympha vigilans''
(Trimen, 1887)
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Stygionympha wichgrafi''
van Son, 1955
External links
"''Stygionympha'' van Son, 1955"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Satyrini
Butterfly genera
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