Proboscis (butterfly)

This article is about the butterfly genus. For the mouthpart, see Proboscis. For the monkey, see Proboscis monkey. For anomaly of the human nose, see Proboscis (anomaly).

Proboscis is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in the genus Proboscis occur in South America.^[1]

Proboscis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Proboscis Thieme, 1907

Species

• Proboscis propylea (Hewitson, 1857)
• Proboscis pomarancia Pyrcz, 2004