''Pycina'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
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 have a re ...
found from
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
.
Species
There are two recognised species:
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Pycina zamba
''Pycina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America.
Species
There are two recognised species:
*'' Pycina zamba'' Doubleday, 1849
*''Pycina zelys
''Pycina'' is a genus of butterflies in the famil ...
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Doubleday, 1849
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Pycina zelys
''Pycina'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion i ...
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Godman & Salvin, 1884
References
"''Pycina'' Doubleday, [1849]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Coeini
Nymphalidae of South America">Coeini">849]"">"''Pycina'' Doubleday, [1849]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Coeini
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterfly genera
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