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Velamysta
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Velamysta

Velamysta is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Richard Haensch in 1909. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Velamysta peninna

speciesVelamysta peninna

Velamysta pupilla

speciesVelamysta pupilla

Velamysta desmondi

speciesVelamysta desmondi

Velamysta cruxifera

speciesVelamysta cruxifera

Velamysta phengites

speciesVelamysta phengites

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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 1047140.