Veladyris

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Veladyris
Veladyris pardalis.JPG
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Veladyris

Fox, 1945
Species:
V. pardalis
Binomial name
Veladyris pardalis
(Salvin, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia pardalisSalvin, 1869
  • Ithomia cytharistaHewitson, 1874
  • Velamysta pardalis totumbraKaye, 1919

Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Subspecies

There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.

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References

  1. Veladyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms