Cithaerias

Cithaerias
Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
Cithaerias pireta, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Haeterini
Genus:	Cithaerias Hübner, [1819] [1]
Synonyms
CallitaeraButler, 1868

Cithaerias is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Cithaerias andromeda (Fabricius, 1775)
• Cithaerias aurora (C. Felder & R. Felder) including Cithaerias phantoma (Fassl, 1922)
• Cithaerias aurorina
• Cithaerias azurina
• Cithaerias bandusia
• Cithaerias cliftoni
• Cithaerias esmeralda
• Cithaerias pireta (Stoll, [1780])
• Cithaerias pyritosa (Zikán, 1942)
• Cithaerias pyropina (Salvin & Godman, 1868)
• Cithaerias songoana

References

1. "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Penz, Carla M.; Alexander, Laura G.; Devries, Philip J. (2014-10-20). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)" . Zootaxa. 3873 (5). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.5. ISSN   1175-5334.
3. Penz, Carla M. (2021-04-19). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)" . Zootaxa. 4963 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3. ISSN   1175-5334.

• Nymphalidae.net taxonomic list