Isobel's butterfly | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Pronophila |
Species: | P. isobelae
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Binomial name | |
Pronophila isobelae Pyrcz, 2000
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Synonyms | |
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Pronophila isobelae, or Isobel's butterfly, is a Satyrinae butterfly that is found in Ecuador. [1]
Discovered by World Wildlife Fund conservationist Paul Toyne in 1998, it was initially named Pronophila benevola. [2]
The WWF held a competition to name the butterfly, and the species was named after the winner Isobel Talks (being named Pronophila isobelae). [3]
As of July 2011, there have only been six sightings of the male of the species, and no confirmed sightings of the female. [3]
Isobel's butterfly | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Pronophila |
Species: | P. isobelae
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Binomial name | |
Pronophila isobelae Pyrcz, 2000
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Pronophila isobelae, or Isobel's butterfly, is a Satyrinae butterfly that is found in Ecuador. [1]
Discovered by World Wildlife Fund conservationist Paul Toyne in 1998, it was initially named Pronophila benevola. [2]
The WWF held a competition to name the butterfly, and the species was named after the winner Isobel Talks (being named Pronophila isobelae). [3]
As of July 2011, there have only been six sightings of the male of the species, and no confirmed sightings of the female. [3]