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Biblis
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Biblis

Biblis hyperia, the red rim or crimson-banded black, is a species of brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae) that is native to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Paraguay. It is monotypic in the genus Biblis.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern Red Rim

speciesBiblis hyperia

Northern Red Rim

speciesBiblis aganisa

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Recorded sightings

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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 141753.