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Prenda

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Prenda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Prenda
Freitas & Mielke, 2011
Species:
P. clarissa
Binomial name
Prenda clarissa
Freitas & Mielke, 2011

Prenda is a monotypic butterfly genus of subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species Prenda clarissa is found in the Neotropical realm.

The generic name Prenda "designates a young woman from Rio Grande do Sul, one of the States from where type specimens were obtained. Prenda is therefore used here in a figurative sense in honor of this well-regarded folklore figure."[1] The specific name "refers to Clarissa, a main character and also the title of the first novel of Érico Veríssimo".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Freitas, A.V.L.; O.H.H. Mielke; A. Moser; K.L. Silva-Brandão & C.A. Iserhard, 2011: A new genus and species of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from southern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 43 (2): 231-237. Full article: [1]