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''Pagyris'' is a genus of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies, named by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...
in 1870. They are 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 ha ...
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Species

Arranged alphabetically:''Pagyris''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' Pagyris cymothoe'' (Hewitson, 1855) *'' Pagyris priscilla'' Lamas, 1986 *'' Pagyris renelichyi'' (Neild, 2008) *'' Pagyris ulla'' (Hewitson, 1857)


References

Ithomiini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Danainae-stub