''Algia'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

of the subfamily

Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

found in southeast

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. The genus ranges from Burma to New Guinea.

Species

Listed in alphabetical order:"''Algia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1864"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Algia fasciata'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) * '' Algia felderi'' (Kirsch, 1877) (New Guinea) * '' Algia satyrina'' (C. & R. Felder, 867

References

www.nymphalidae.net

External links

Vagrantini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Heliconiinae-stub