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Haetera piera

Haetera piera
Haetera piera MHNT.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Haetera
Species: H. piera
Binomial name
Haetera piera
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio piera Linnaeus, 1758
  • Haetera hymenaea C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • Haetera piera var. negra C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Haetera piera f. ecuadora Brown, [1943]
  • Haetera piera f. ecuadora f. pseudopiera Brown, [1943]
  • Haetera pirea[sic] f. mariuá Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948
  • Haetera piera lesbia Bryk, 1953
  • Haetera piera lesbia f. metathetica Bryk, 1953

Haetera piera, the amber phantom, is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela.

H. p. piera
at the base of Ptarí-tepui, Canaima National Park, Venezuela

H. p. negra
near Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil



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