UK Butterflies
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Building a Community of Responsible Butterfly Enthusiasts in Britain & Ireland
Checklist Number
59.0136
Two adults of this South American species were bred from pupae found with bananas in London in 1937.
This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: "In Cassiis Americes").
| Family: | Nymphalidae | Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Subfamily: | Morphinae | Newman, 1834 |
| Tribe: | Brassolini | Boisduval, 1836 |
| Genus: | Opsiphanes | Doubleday, 1849 |
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| Species: | cassiae | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
