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Dynastor
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Dynastor

Dynastor is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Members of the genus can be found from Mexico to Central and South America.

It consists of three species which feed on Bromeliaceae species. These are the only nymphalid species that do so.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Daring Owl-Butterfly

speciesDynastor darius

Green-eyed Owl-Butterfly

speciesDynastor macrosiris

Brazilian Dynastor

speciesDynastor napoleon

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 247785.