Dione glycera

(Dione glycera)

Description

Dione glycera, the Andean silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Nymphalidae

Genus:Dione

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