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Nymphalidae 77a0787 – 4539   Biblis aganisa Boisduval, 1836

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: hyperia Cramer 1779 (Papilio) biblis Fabricius 1775 (Papilio) thadana Godart [1819] (Biblis) aganisa Boisduval 1836 (Biblis) pasira Doubleday [1848] (Didonis) quautemotzin Arias 1968 (Papilio) ququhtemotzin Arias 1968 (Miahuaxochitl) Taxonomic Notes: Biblis aganisa Boisduval, 1836, formerly a subspecies of [4539] Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1779), is raised to full species status in Zhang et al. (2021). "True" hyperia is extralimital north of Mexico.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 9(3): 1-55.

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