''Opsiphanes cassiae'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of insects that contains several subspecies.
Taxonomy
''Opsiphanes cassiae'' contains the following subspecies:
* ''Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae''
(Linnaeus, 1758) (= ''crameri''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
* ''Opsiphanes cassiae incolumis''
Stichel, 1904
* ''Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
, the genus (and species) have undergone some revision by Piovesan et al. 2023,
[Piovesan et al. 2023 Systematics of ''Opsiphanes'' Doubleday, ]849
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Year 849 ( DCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Battle of Ostia: A Saracen Arab fleet from Sardinia sets sail towards Rome. In response, Pope Leo IV ...
(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, ''Zootaxa''. suggesting the following changes:
*''Opsiphanes crameri ''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 as a synonym of ''Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae''
(Linnaeus, 1758), contra "Butterflies of America" listing ''Opsiphanes cassiae crameri''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862).
*''Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 contra "Butterflies of America" listing ''Opsiphanes tamarindi incolumis''
Stichel, 1904).
*''Opsiphanes bogotanus castaneus''
Stichel, 1904, contra "Butterflies of America" listing ''Opsiphanes cassiae castaneus''
Stichel, 1904.
*''Opsiphanes mexicana''
Bristow, 1991, contra "Butterflies of America" listing ''Opsiphanes cassiae mexicana''
Bristow, 1991.
References
Satyrinae
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Butterflies of Central America
Lepidoptera of Mexico
Butterflies described in 1758
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