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| Genus: | Paralaxita Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978 |
Paralaxita is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in Southeast Asia.
Lamas, 2008 recognizes the species: [1]
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian (Dicallaneura), Afrotropic, and Indomalayan realms.
Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Butterfly evolution is the origin and diversification of butterflies through geologic time and over a large portion of the Earth's surface. The earliest known butterfly fossils are from the mid Eocene epoch, between 40-50 million years ago. Their development is closely linked to the evolution of flowering plants, since both adult butterflies and caterpillars feed on flowering plants. Of the 220,000 species of Lepidoptera, about 45,000 species are butterflies, which probably evolved from moths. Butterflies are found throughout the world, except in Antarctica, and are especially numerous in the tropics; they fall into eight different families.
Dismorphia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae.
Hesperocharis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.
Forsterinaria is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Hypothecla astyla is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found on the Philippines.
Hermathena is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae containing a total of three known species. A small Neotropical genus of uncommon montane butterflies. The larvae feed on bromeliads.
Brachyglenis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Napaea is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Symmachia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Paralaxita telesia, the common red harlequin, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae.
Caria Castalia Mantinea Pérez Zeledon, Costa Rica
Paralaxita damajanti, the Malay red harlequin, is an Indomalayan species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860.
Paralaxita orphna is an Indomalayan butterfly species in the family Riodinidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836.
Nemeobiinae is a subfamily of Riodinidae, the metalmark family. The subfamily's members consist entirely of Old World members of the Riodinid family. Recent revisions to the subfamily have begun to include members located within the New World as well, however, the subfamily continues to encompass the entirety of the Old World Riodinids.
Lyropteryx terpsichore is a species of butterfly in the butterfly family Riodinidae, subfamily Riodininae and the Lyropteryx genus.
