Eunica monima Cramer, 1782 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eunica monima Cramer, 1782

Eunica monima Cramer, 1782

Eunica monima (the dingy purplewing) is a North American nymphalid tropical brushfoot butterfly described in 1782.

Family
Genus
Eunica
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Eunica monima Cramer, 1782

Eunica monima, commonly known as the dingy purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species was originally described in 1782. Its scientific name is Eunica monima Cramer, 1782, and it is found in North America. The MONA, also called Hodges, number assigned to Eunica monima is 4532.

Photo: (c) Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Eunica

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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