Amarynthis

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Amarynthis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus: Amarynthis
Hübner, 1819
Species:
A. meneria
Binomial name
Amarynthis meneria
(Cramer, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Papilio meneriaCramer, 1776
  • Papilio micaliaCramer, 1776
  • Hesperia maecenasFabricius, 1793 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793)
  • Hesperia dimasFabricius, 1796
  • Amarynthis meneria f. conflataStichel, 1910
  • Amarynthis meneria stenogrammaStichel, 1910
  • Amarynthis coccitinctaSeitz, 1913
  • Amarynthis superiorSeitz, 1913

Amarynthis is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, Amarynthis meneria, the meneria metalmark, is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the Andes from Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana, south through the Brazilian Amazon to Peru and northern Argentina.


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