Microtia (butterfly)

Microtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Subtribe:	Chlosynina
Genus:	Microtia Bates, 1864
Species:	M. elva
Binomial name
Microtia elva Bates, 1864
Synonyms
Microtia elva f. draudti Röber, [1914]

Microtia is a monophyletic genus of butterflies from southern United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. It contains the single species Microtia elva, the elf.^[1] Larvae of this species feed on Tetramerium and other species in the family Acanthaceae.^[2]

Subspecies

• M. e. elva (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
• M. e. horni Rebel, 1906 (Mexico, Oaxaca)

References

1. "Microtia Bates, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Allen, Thomas J.; Brock, James P.; Glassberg, Jeffrey (2005). Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America. OUP USA. p. 84. ISBN 9780195149876.