Afriodinia

Afriodinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Nemeobiinae
Genus:	Afriodinia ; d'Abrera, 2009
Type species
	Papilio gerontes; Fabricius, 1781

Last updated December 25, 2025

Afriodinia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Species in the genus were formerly placed in the genus Abisara which was found to be polyphyletic.^[1] The genus Abisara is now found only in Asia while Afriodinia is Afrotropical.^[2]

The species that are included in the genus are:^[3]^[4]

Afriodinia caeca (Rebel, 1914)
Afriodinia cameroonensis (Callaghan, 2003)
Afriodinia delicata (Lathy, 1901)
Afriodinia gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)
Afriodinia intermedia (Aurivillius, 1895)
Afriodinia lico (Collins, 1990)
Afriodinia neavei (Riley, 1932)
Afriodinia rogersi (Druce, 1878)
Afriodinia rutherfordii (Hewitson, 1874)
Afriodinia talantus (Aurivillius, 1891)
Afriodinia tantalus (Hewitson, 1861)
Afriodinia zanzibarica (Collins, 1990)

References

↑ Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006.
↑ Collins, Steve C.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Henning, Graham A.; Larsen, Torben B.; Williams, Mark C. (2014-10-05). "A review of d'Abrera's Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae)". Metamorphosis. 25 (1): 109–122. doi:10.4314/met.v25i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.
↑ Bayliss, Julian L.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Richardson, Ian D.; Collins, Steve C. (2022-06-01). "Revision of the A. delicata group of Afriodinia d'Abrera, 2009 (Papilionoidea: Riodinidae) with the description of a new species from Mount Lico, Northern Mozambique, and the reinstatement of a species". Metamorphosis. 33 (1): 34–41. doi:10.4314/met.v33i1.4. ISSN 2307-5031.
↑ Congdon, T. Colin E.; Bampton, Ivan; Collins, Steve C. (2025-09-08). "An illustrated report on the larvae, adults and host associations of 424 African Lepidoptera taxa belonging to the Papilionoidea. A second report of the Caterpillar Rearing Group of LepSoc Africa". Metamorphosis. 28 (1): 57–62. doi:10.4314/met.v28i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.

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[1] Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006.

[2] Collins, Steve C.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Henning, Graham A.; Larsen, Torben B.; Williams, Mark C. (2014-10-05). "A review of d'Abrera's Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae)". Metamorphosis. 25 (1): 109–122. doi:10.4314/met.v25i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.

[3] Bayliss, Julian L.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Richardson, Ian D.; Collins, Steve C. (2022-06-01). "Revision of the A. delicata group of Afriodinia d'Abrera, 2009 (Papilionoidea: Riodinidae) with the description of a new species from Mount Lico, Northern Mozambique, and the reinstatement of a species". Metamorphosis. 33 (1): 34–41. doi:10.4314/met.v33i1.4. ISSN 2307-5031.

[4] Congdon, T. Colin E.; Bampton, Ivan; Collins, Steve C. (2025-09-08). "An illustrated report on the larvae, adults and host associations of 424 African Lepidoptera taxa belonging to the Papilionoidea. A second report of the Caterpillar Rearing Group of LepSoc Africa". Metamorphosis. 28 (1): 57–62. doi:10.4314/met.v28i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.

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