''Callithomia lenea'' is a species of
butterfly
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of the family
Nymphalidae
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. It is found in
Central
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and
South America
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.
Subspecies
*''Callithomia lenea lenea'' (Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela)
*''Callithomia lenea zelie''
(Guérin-Méneville, 844 (Bolivia, Peru, Brazil: Acre)
*''Callithomia lenea xantho''
(C. & R. Felder, 1860) (Brazil: Bahia)
*''Callithomia lenea epidero''
(Bates, 1862) (Brazil: Pará)
*''Callithomia lenea agrippina''
(Hewitson, 1863) (Colombia, Panama)
*''Callithomia lenea alpho''
(C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Venezuela)
*''Callithomia lenea pulcheria''
(Hewitson, 1870) (Ecuador)
*''Callithomia lenea obfuscata''
Butler, 1873 (Brazil: Amazonas)
*''Callithomia lenea methonella''
(Weymer, 1875) (Brazil: Santa Catarina), Paraguay)
*''Callithomia lenea fumantis''
(Haensch, 1909) (Colombia)
*''Callithomia lenea siparia''
(Kaye, 1922) (Trinidad)
*''Callithomia lenea inturna''
(Fox, 1941) (Peru)
*''Callithomia lenea travassosi''
d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
In addition, there are three unnamed subspecies from Venezuela.
References
Butterflies described in 1779
Ithomiini
Lepidoptera of Brazil
Nymphalidae of South America
Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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