| Pandemos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Nymphidiini |
| Genus: | Pandemos Hübner, [1819] |
| Species: | P. pasiphae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandemos pasiphae (Cramer, [1775]) | |
Pandemos is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, Pandemos pasiphae, is found in South America. [1]
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