Cithaerias pireta

Blushing phantom
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cithaerias
Species:	C. pireta
Binomial name
	Cithaerias pireta; (Stoll, [1780])
Synonyms
	Papilio piretaStoll, [1780] ; Papilio menanderDrury, 1782 ; Callitaera merolinaZikán, 1942 ; Cithaerias juruaensisd'Almeida, 1951 ;

Last updated February 14, 2025

Cithaerias pireta, the blushing phantom, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America.^[2]

Subspecies

Cithaerias pireta pireta (Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador)
Cithaerias pireta aurorina(Weymer, 1910) (Columbia, Brazil (Amazonas))
Cithaerias pireta aura(Langer, 1943) (Brazil (Amazonas, Acre))
Cithaerias pireta aurora(C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru)
Cithaerias pireta magdalenensisConstantino, 1995 (Colombia)
Cithaerias pireta tambopataLamas, 1998 (Peru)

References

↑ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Butterflies of Amazonia - Cithaerias pireta ^[usurped]

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[1] "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Butterflies of Amazonia - Cithaerias pireta ^[usurped]

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