Mazia

For a surname, see Mazia (surname).

Mazia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Subtribe: Phyciodina
Genus: Mazia
Higgins, 1981
Species:
M. amazonica
Binomial name
Mazia amazonica
(Bates, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea amazonica

Mazia is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species Mazia amazonica found in South America.[1]

Subspecies

  • Mazia amazonica amazonica (Bates, 1864) (Brazil)
  • Mazia amazonica cocha Lamas, 1905 (Ecuador, Peru)
  • Mazia amazonica tambopata Lamas, 1995 (Peru)

References

  1. ^ "Mazia Higgins, 1981" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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