Microtia (butterfly)

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]

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]

Subspecies

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