Dynamine postverta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Dynamine |
| Species: | D. postverta
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Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta greenwing or four-spot sailor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.
The larvae feed on Dalechampia species. They are slug like, with tiny rosettes of spines on the back.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- D. p. postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
- D. p. mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Dynamine postverta.
- ^ a b Dynamine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
- Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
- Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
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