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(Redirected from Smerina manoro) Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Smerina
Smerina manoro depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Vagrantini
Genus: Smerina
Hewitson, 1874
Species: S. manoro
Binomial name
Smerina manoro
(Ward, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Atella manoro Ward, 1871
  • Smerina vindonissa Hewitson, 1874

Smerina is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Smerina manoro, which is found on Madagascar, where it is restricted to the forests on the eastern seaboard.

References

  1. Smerina, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Heliconiinae (Nymphalidae) - Tribe Vagrantini
Taxon identifiers
Smerina


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