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''Aremfoxia'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus of clearwing (
ithomiine Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. It is sometimes referred to as the tribe of clearwing butterflies or glasswing butterflies. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily (Ithomiinae). These butterflies are ...
) butterflies in the brush-footed butterfly 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 ...
. The genus was named by Herman G. Real in 1971. Its one species, ''Aremfoxia ferra'', was described by
Richard Haensch Richard Haensch (active from 1890) was a German entomologist and insect dealer in Berlin. Haensch collected in Bahia (1893–1894), Minas Gerais (1896–1897) and Ecuador (1899–1900). He wrote the section "''Familie Danaidae''" in ''Die Gross-S ...
in 1909.''Aremfoxia''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''


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Ithomiini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera {{Danainae-stub