Argynnina cyrila Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Argynnina cyrila Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Argynnina cyrila Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Cyril's brown (Argynnina cyrila) is a 40 mm wingspan Australian nymphalid butterfly whose larvae eat various grasses.

Family
Genus
Argynnina
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Argynnina cyrila Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Argynnina cyrila, commonly known as Cyril's brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species is distributed across Australia, specifically in southern Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria. It has a wingspan of approximately 40 millimeters. The larvae of Argynnina cyrila feed on a variety of grasses.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Argynnina

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