Antillea
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''Antillea'' is a genus of
butterflies 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 ...
from
Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
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 ...
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Species

* '' Antillea pelops'' (Drury,
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* '' Antillea proclea'' (Doubleday,
847 __NOTOC__ Year 847 ( DCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Danish Vikings land in the Breton March (western part of Gaul). Duke Nominoe of Brittany fails to withstand them ...
"''Antillea'' Higgins, [1959]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''


References

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