Selenophanes cassiope, the cassiope owlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found from Colombia through the Guianas to south-eastern Brazil.
Subspecies
- Selenophanes cassiope cassiope (Surinam, Guyana)
- Selenophanes cassiope amplior <small>Stichel, 1902</small> (Colombia)
- Selenophanes cassiope andromeda <small>Stichel, 1901</small> (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope cassiopeia <small>(Staudinger, [1886])</small> (Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
- Selenophanes cassiope guarany <small>Casagrande, 1992</small> (Brazil: São Paulo)
- Selenophanes cassiope haraposa <small>Bristow, 1982</small> (Brazil: Pará)
- Selenophanes cassiope mapiriensis <small>Bristow, 1982</small> (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope perenensis <small>Bristow, 1982</small> (Peru)
- Selenophanes cassiope placentia <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> (Bolivia)
- Selenophanes cassiope theognis <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
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