Cithaerias andromeda

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Andromeda satyr
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Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cithaerias
Species:
C. andromeda
Binomial name
Cithaerias andromeda
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio andromedaFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio philisStoll, 1782 (preocc. Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cithaerias cissaHübner, [1819]
  • Hetaera pellucidaButler, 1866
  • Hetaera phelisButler, 1866
  • Hetaera harpalyceButler, 1866
  • Callitaera pellucida f. archeopsLe Cerf, 1927
  • Callitaera philis f. hyacinthinaLanger, 1943
  • Haetera esmeraldaDoubleday, 1845
  • Callitaera rubinaFassl, 1922

Cithaerias andromeda, the Andromeda satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Penz, Carla M. (2021). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zootaxa. 4963 (2): 293–316. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3. PMID   33903552.