Microtia is a monophyletic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. It contains the single species Microtia elva, the elf.[1] Larvae of this species feed on Tetramerium and other species in the family Acanthaceae.[2]
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| Genus: | Microtia Bates, 1864
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| Species: | M. elva
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| Microtia elva Bates, 1864
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Subspecies
edit- M. e. elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
- M. e. horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)
References
edit- ^ "Microtia Bates, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Allen, Thomas J.; Brock, James P.; Glassberg, Jeffrey (2005). Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America. OUP USA. p. 84. ISBN 9780195149876.