Brachyglenis

Brachyglenis
Brachyglenis and other Riodinidae depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Riodinini
Genus:	Brachyglenis C. & R. Felder, [1862]
Synonyms
TmetogleneC. & R. Felder, 1862 MetaphelesBates, 1866

Brachyglenis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae, ^[1] which is found only in the Neotropical realm.

Species

Six species are currently recognised: ^[2]

• Brachyglenis colaxes (Hewitson, 1870)
• Brachyglenis dinora (Bates, 1866) present in Nicaragua and Colombia
• Brachyglenis dodona Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Mexico and Panama
• Brachyglenis drymo (Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Brazil
• Brachyglenis esthema C. & R. Felder, 1862 present in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
• Brachyglenis trichroma (Seitz, 1920)

References

1. Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum . Retrieved 10 April 2025– via ChecklistBank.
2. Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum . Retrieved 10 April 2025– via ChecklistBank.

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