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Amiga arnaca

Amiga arnaca

Nakahara, Willmott & Espeland, 2019

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Amiga is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae erected by Shinichi Nakahara, Keith R. Willmott and Marianne Espeland in 2019. Amiga arnaca, formerly of the genus Chloreuptychia, is the only species in the genus Amiga. In 2019, Nakahara et al. described this new genus after molecular phylogenetic research showed it was not closely related to the other species of Chloreuptychia.

Amiga arnaca is found from southern Mexico through most of Central and South America to southern Brazil, and is common in rain and cloud forests. The larvae feed on grasses, including Eleusine, Ichnanthus, Lasiacis, Oplismenus, and Paspalum.

Subspecies: 
  • Amiga arnaca adela Nakahara & Espeland, 2019
  • Amiga arnaca arnaca (Fabricius, 1776)
  • Amiga arnaca indianacristoi Nakahara & Marín, 2019
  • Amiga arnaca sericeella (Bates, 1865)

Source: Wikipedia, article Amiga arnaca. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 544501
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Manu Road
Cuzco
Peru
04/18/2022
Marcos Augusto Lartigau



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
181082618/04/2022PeruCuzcoManu RoadMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Amiga arnaca – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 21/09/2026.