''Paralaxita'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...
present only in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
.
Species
Lamas, 2008 recognizes the species:
Gerardo Lamas: Riodinidae of the World (revised 4 Feb 2008) -- 3659 names, 1470 spp., 146 genera
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* ''Paralaxita damajanti
''Paralaxita damajanti'', the Malay red harlequin, is an Indomalayan species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder
Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Aust ...
'' (Felder, C & R. Felder, 1860)
* ''Paralaxita hewitsoni
''Paralaxita'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in Southeast Asia.
Species
Lamas, 2008 recognizes the species:
* ''Paralaxita damajanti'' (Felder, C & R. Felder, 1860)
* '' Paralaxita hewitsoni'' (Röber, 1895)
* '' ...
'' (Röber, 1895)
* ''Paralaxita orphna
''Paralaxita orphna'' is an Indomalayan butterfly species in the family Riodinidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, ...
'' (Boisduval, 1836)
* ''Paralaxita telesia
''Paralaxita telesia'', the common red harlequin, is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae.
Subspecies
*''P. t. lyclene'' (de Nicéville, 1894) - Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand
*''P. t. boulleti'' (Fruhstorfer, 914
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Empress Zoe Karbonopsina leads a palace coup at Constantin ...
– Thailand
...
'' (Hewitson, 1861)
References
External links
Paralaxita
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Riodinidae
Butterfly genera