''Aricoris'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the butterfly family

Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, ...

present in the

Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...

Species

*''Aricoris aurinia'' (Hewitson,

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present in

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

and

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

*''Aricoris campestris'' (Bates, 1868) present in Brazil *''Aricoris caracensis'' (Callaghan, 2001) present in Brazil *''Aricoris chilensis'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

, Uruguay,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

and

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

*''Aricoris cinericia'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Uruguay and Argentina *''Aricoris colchis'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Brazil *''Aricoris constantius'' (Fabricius, 1793) present in Brazil *''Aricoris domina'' (Bates, 1865) present in

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

and

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

*''Aricoris epulus'' (Cramer,

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present in

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

, Argentina and Brazil *''Aricoris erostratus'' (Westwood, 1851) present in Panama,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

*''Aricoris gauchoana'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Uruguay *''Aricoris hubrichi'' (Stichel, 1926) present in Uruguay and Argentina *''Aricoris incana'' (Stichel, 1910) present in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

and Argentina *''Aricoris indistincta'' (Lathy, 1932) present in Uruguay and Argentina *''Aricoris middletoni'' (Sharpe, 1890) present in Brazil *''Aricoris montana'' (Schneider, 1937) present in Uruguay and Argentina *''Aricoris notialis'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Argentina *''Aricoris propitia'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil *''Aricoris signata'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil *''Aricoris terias'' Godman, 1903 present in

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

and Argentina *''Aricoris zachaeus'' (Fabricius, 1798) present in

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1761006 Nymphidiini Riodinidae of South America Butterfly genera Taxa named by John O. Westwood Taxa described in 1851