Mazia

Mazia
Mazia amazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
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

• M. a. amazonica (Bates, 1864) (Brazil)
• M. a. cocha Lamas, 1905 (Ecuador, Peru)
• M. a. tambopata Lamas, 1995 (Peru)

References

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

External links

• Butterflies of the Americas images