''Altinote'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

from

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

of the

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

in the family

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. For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see ''

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Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007) ''A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America''. Sunstreak Books Inc. p. 78. *''neleus'' species group **'' Altinote alcione'' (Hewitson, 1852) **''

Altinote neleus ''Altinote'' is a genus of butterflies from South America of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. For taxonomic problems regarding this group, see ''Acraea Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a ...

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Altinote stratonice ''Actinote stratonice'' is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Altinote''. Description Actinote stratonice is a medium size butterfly. The wing length in males is 24.4 mm (26-31 mm) and in females from 28.2 to 38 mm. The costal margin of th ...

'' (Latreille,

*''ozomene'' species group: **'' Altinote anaxo'' (Hopffer, 1874) **'' Altinote callianthe'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) **'' Altinote dicaeus'' (Latreille,

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– red-banded altinote **'' Altinote eresia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) **'' Altinote griseata'' (Butler, 1873) **'' Altinote hilaris'' (Jordan, 1910) **'' Altinote momina'' (Jordan, 1910) – Jordan's altinote **'' Altinote negra'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – gaudy altinote **'' Altinote ozomene'' (Godart, 1819) – Godart's altinote **''

'' Latreille, 1813 – Latreille's altinote, orange-disked altinote **'' Altinote tenebrosa'' (Hewitson, 1868) **'' Altinote trinacria'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) *unknown species group: **'' Altinote rubrocellulata'' (Hayward, 1960)

References

Acraeini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera {{Heliconiinae-stub