| Bellona metalmark | |
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| Specimen of N. b. manco from Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Necyria |
| Species: | N. bellona |
| Binomial name | |
| Necyria bellona Westwood, 1851 | |
Necyria bellona, the bellona metalmark, is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in most of South America.
Necyria bellona has a wingspan of 30–40 mm. Body is rather slender. Wings are deep black, more or less glossed, with metallic bright red spots or curved red and glossy blue bands.
The following subspecies are recognised:
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