Blue-topped Satyr

Amiga arnaca

"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".
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Naming

* "Amiga arnaca adela" Nakahara & Espeland, 2019
⤷  "Amiga arnaca arnaca"
⤷  "Amiga arnaca indianacristoi" Nakahara & Marín, 2019
⤷  "Amiga arnaca sericeella"

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".

Distribution

"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.

Food

The larvae feed on grasses, including "Eleusine", "Ichnanthus", "Lasiacis", "Oplismenus", and "Paspalum".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusAmiga
SpeciesA. arnaca
Photographed in
Colombia