''Phystis'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus of butterflies from southern United States 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 ...

. It contains the species ''Phystis simois''."''Phystis'' Higgins, 1981"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Subspecies

*''P. s. chinchipensis'' (Hayward, 1964) (Peru) *''P. s. pratti'' (Hall, 1935) (Peru) *''P. s. simois'' (Hewitson, 1864) (Brazil) *''P. s. variegata'' (Röber, 1913) (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7189773 Melitaeini Monotypic butterfly genera Taxa named by Robert P. Higgins Lepidoptera of the United States Butterflies of North America