Riodininae

Riodininae
Orange-banded gem Crocozona coecias, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae Grote, 1895

Echydna punctata, starry night
Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil

Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae.

Classification

Riodininae contains the following tribes: ^{[1] [2]}

• Befrostiini Grishin, 2019
• Calydnini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Dianesiini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Emesidini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Eurybiini Reuter, 1896
• Helicopini Reuter 1897
• Nymphidiini Bates, 1859
• Riodinini Grote, 1895
• Sertaniini Seraphim, Freitas & Kaminski, 2018
• Symmachiini Bates, 1859

References

1. Seraphim, Noemy; Kaminski, Lucas; Devries, Philip; Penz, Carla; Callaghan, Curtis; Wahlberg, Niklas; Karina Silva-Brandão, Karina; Freitas, André (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae): Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Riodinidae". Systematic Entomology . 43 (2): 407–425. doi:10.1111/syen.12282. S2CID   90958652.
2. Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Cong, Qian; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)". Zootaxa . 4668 (4): 475–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. PMC   8958898 . PMID   31716605.

Further reading

• Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
• Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
• James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
• Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
• Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)

External links

• Pteron Images. In Japanese but with binomial names
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Butterflies of America