Opsiphanes cassiae

Opsiphanes cassiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Opsiphanes
Species:	O. cassiae
Binomial name
	Opsiphanes cassiae; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Opsiphanes cassiae is a species of butterfly that contains several subspecies.

Taxonomy

Opsiphanes cassiae contains the following subspecies:

Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758) (= crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
Opsiphanes cassiae incolumis Stichel, 1904
Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861

As of January 2023^[update], the genus (and species) have undergone some revision by Piovesan et al. 2023, suggesting the following changes:

Opsiphanes crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 as a synonym of Opsiphanes cassiae cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758), contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae crameri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862).
Opsiphanes cassiae tamarindi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes tamarindi incolumis Stichel, 1904).
Opsiphanes bogotanus castaneus Stichel, 1904, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae castaneus Stichel, 1904.
Opsiphanes mexicana Bristow, 1991, contra "Butterflies of America" listing Opsiphanes cassiae mexicana Bristow, 1991.

↑ "Tamarind Owl (Opsiphanes cassiae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
↑ Piovesan et al. 2023 Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa.

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