Heteropsis
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- For the butterflyButterflyA butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genus, see Heteropsis (butterfly)Heteropsis (butterfly)Heteropsis is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.-Species:*Heteropsis adolphei *Heteropsis alaokola *Heteropsis anceps...
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Heteropsis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
, in the family Araceae
Araceae
Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
. It includes these species:-
- Heteropsis boliviana Rusby
- Heteropsis ecuadorensis Sodiro
- Heteropsis flexuosa (Kunth) G.S.Bunting
- Heteropsis linearis A.C.Sm.
- Heteropsis longispathacea Engl.
- Heteropsis macrophylla A.C.Sm.
- Heteropsis melinonii (Engl.) A.M.E.Jonker & Jonker
- Heteropsis oblongifolia Kunth
- Heteropsis peruviana K.Krause
- Heteropsis rigidifolia Engl.
- Heteropsis salicifolia Kunth
- Heteropsis spruceana Schott
- Heteropsis steyermarkii G.S.Bunting
- Heteropsis tenuispadix G.S.Bunting