Redonda chiquinquirana facts for kids
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Redonda chiquinquirana is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic from the Cordillera de Merida páramo in Venezuela, in northern South America. R. chiquinquirana show high degree of sexual dimorphism in wingsize, in which females show some degree of wing deformation which might point to incipient brachyptery.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
Populations of this species were often referred to as an undescribed subspecies of Redonda empetrus.
Conservation
Redonda chiquinquirana is listed as endangered in Venezuela's Red Book of Fauna.
See also
In Spanish: Mariposa braquíptera de Mucubají para niños
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