''Ancyluris'' is a butterfly
genus
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in the family
Riodinidae
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. They are resident in the
Neotropics
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Definition
In biogeog ...
.
Species list
* ''
Ancyluris aristodorus''
(Morisse, 1838) French Guiana
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, Ecuador
* ''
Ancyluris aulestes''
(Cramer, 1777) French Guiana,
Guyana
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,
Suriname
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,
Bolivia
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,
Colombia
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, Ecuador,
Brazil
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, Peru
** ''A. a. aulestes'' Suriname, Brazil, Peru
** ''A. a. eryxo''
(Saunders, 1859) Bolivia Peru
** ''A. a. jocularis''
Stichel, 1909 Colombia, Ecuador
** ''A. a. pandama''
(Saunders, 1850) Brazil
* ''
Ancyluris colubra''
(Saunders, 1859) Venezuela
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, Brazil, Peru
* ''
Ancyluris etias''
(Saunders, 1859) Bolivia, Suriname, Peru
** ''A. e. etias'' Peru
** ''A. e. gracilis''
Stichel, 1910 Suriname
** ''A. e. mendita''
(Druce, 1904) Bolivia
* ''
Ancyluris formosissima''
(Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador, Peru
** ''A. f. formosissima'' Ecuador
** ''A. f. venerabilis''
Stichel, 1916 Peru
* ''
Ancyluris inca''
(Saunders, 1850) Mexico
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,
Panama
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, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. i. inca'' Mexico Panama
** ''A. i. cacica''
(C. & R. Felder, 1865) Colombia, Peru
** ''A. i. formosa''
(Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
** ''A. i. huascar''
(Saunders, 1859) Colombia, Ecuador
** ''A. i. miranda''
(Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. i. pulchra''
(Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
* ''
Ancyluris jurgensenii''
(Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia
** ''A. j. jurgensenii'' Mexico, Panama
** ''A. j. atahualpa''
(Saunders, 1859) Colombia
* ''
Ancyluris meliboeus''
(Fabricius, 1777)
** ''A. m. meliboeus'' French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru
** ''A. m. euaemon''
Stichel, 1910 Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. m. julia''
(Saunders, 1850) Brazil
* ''
Ancyluris melior''
Stichel, 1910 Brazil, Peru
* ''
Ancyluris miniola''
(Bates, 1868) Brazil
* ''
Ancyluris mira''
(Hewitson, 1874) Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. m. mira'' Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. m. furia''
Stichel, 1925 Colombia, Ecuador
** ''A. m. thaumasia''
Stichel, 1910 Bolivia
* ''
Ancyluris paramba''
D'Abrera, 1994 Ecuador
* ''
Ancyluris paetula''
Stichel, 1916 Peru
* ''
Ancyluris rubrofilum''
Stichel, 1909 Bolivia
* ''
Ancyluris tedea''
(Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Peru
** ''A. t. tedea'' Suriname
** ''A. t. silvicultrix''
Stichel, 1909 Bolivia, Peru
References
''Ancyluris''
External links
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Riodininae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Taxa described in 1819