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Dione juno

species of butterfly

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ3028731 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dione juno, the Juno silverspot, juno longwing, or Juno heliconian, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found from southern United States to South America.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

D. j. andicola (Bates, 1864)

D. j. huascuma (Reakirt, 1866)

D. j. juno (Cramer, [1779])

D. j. miraculosa Hering, 1926

D. j.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Dione juno” is species of butterfly. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Dione, juno and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1864, 1866, 1779, 1926—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Dione, juno and species is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “species of butterfly” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3028731. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1864, 1866, 1779 and 1926.

Critical limits

A general summary may omit uncertainty, sample limits or methodological disagreement that is explicit in the technical record. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dione juno”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dione juno primary sources, Dione juno archive and Dione research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dione juno”?
  2. Is the terminology current, historical or disputed?
  3. Which observation, specimen, dataset or publication supports the account?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dione juno” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.