''Selenophanes cassiope'', the cassiope owlet, 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 ...

of 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 was described by

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in 1775. It is found from

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through the

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to south-eastern

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Subspecies

*''Selenophanes cassiope cassiope'' (Surinam, Guyana) *''Selenophanes cassiope amplior'' Stichel, 1902 (Colombia) *''Selenophanes cassiope andromeda'' Stichel, 1901 (Bolivia) *''Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia'' (Staudinger,

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(Peru, Brazil: Amazonas) *''Selenophanes cassiope guarany'' Casagrande, 1992 (Brazil: São Paulo) *''Selenophanes cassiope haraposa'' Bristow, 1982 (Brazil: Pará) *''Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis'' Bristow, 1982 (Bolivia) *''Selenophanes cassiope perenensis'' Bristow, 1982 (Peru) *''Selenophanes cassiope placentia'' (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Bolivia) *''Selenophanes cassiope theognis'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

References

''Selenophanes cassiope''
at Insecta.pro Butterflies described in 1775 Morphinae Lepidoptera of Bolivia Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Guyana Lepidoptera of Peru Fauna of Suriname Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Morphinae-stub