Hypocysta

Hypocysta
Hypocysta metirius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Hypocystina
Genus:	Hypocysta Westwood, [1851]
Species
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Hypocysta is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in Oceania.

Species

The genus contains 12 species.

• Hypocysta adiante (Hübner, 1825) – orange ringlet
• Hypocysta angustata Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 – black and white ringlet
• Hypocysta aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Hypocysta euphemia Westwood, [1851] – rock ringlet
• Hypocysta haemonia Hewitson, 1863
• Hypocysta irius (Fabricius, 1775) – northern ringlet
• Hypocysta metirius Butler, 1875 – common brown ringlet
• Hypocysta osyris (Boisduval, 1832)
• Hypocysta isis Fruhstorfer, 1894
• Hypocysta calypso Grose-Smith, 1897
• Hypocysta serapis Grose-Smith, 1894
• Hypocysta pseudirius Butler, 1875 – dingy ringlet

References

• "Hypocysta Westwood, [1851]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms