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The Riodinini are one of the large tribes of metalmark
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
( family Riodinidae). As numerous Riodinidae genera
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 nomenclat ...
have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.
Selected genera
*''Amarynthis
''Amarynthis'' is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, ''Amarynthis meneria'', the meneria metalmark, is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the Andes from Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana, south ...
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*'' Amphiselenis''
*'' Ancyluris''
*'' Baeotis''
*''Barbicornis
''Barbicornis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species ''Barbicornis basilis'' present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.
The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a ...
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*''Brachyglenis
''Brachyglenis'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Species
*'' Brachyglenis dinora'' (Bates, 1866) present in Nicaragua and Colombia
*'' Brachyglenis dodone'' (Godman & Salvin, 886 present in M ...
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*'' Calephelis''
*'' Caria''
*'' Cariomothis''
*''Cartea
''Cartea '' is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.
Species list
* ''Cartea ucayala'' Thieme, 1907 Peru.
* ''Cartea vitula'' (Hewitson, 852 Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Fe ...
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*'' Chalodeta''
*''Chamaelimnas
''Chamaelimnas'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
Species
Listed alphabetically: present in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru
Sources ''Chamaelimnas''at Markku Savela's website on LepidopteraTOLimages
References
External linksimages re ...
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*'' Charis''
*''Chorinea
''Chorinea'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Colaciticus''
*'' Crocozona''
*'' Cyrenia''
*'' Dachetola''
*'' Detritivora''
*'' Exoplisia''
*'' Isapis''
*'' Ithomeis''
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Riodininae
Butterfly tribes
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Lasaia
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly colour ...
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*'' Lymnas''
*'' Lyropteryx''
*''Melanis
''Melanis'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Species
*''Melanis aegates'' (Hewitson, 1874)
**''M. a. aegates'' present in Bolivia
**''M. a. albugo'' (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay
**''M. a. ...
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*'' Metacharis''
*'' Monethe''
*'' Nahida''
*'' Necyria''
*'' Nirodia''
*'' Notheme''
*'' Panara''
*'' Paraphthonia''
*'' Parcella''
*'' Pheles'' includes ''Lepricornis''
*''Riodina
''Riodina'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
These butterflies are dark brown or black with white, yellow, or orange bars on both forewings and hindwings.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Rhetus
''Rhetus'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus. They are small (wingspan 25–30 mm), fast flying, strikingly iridescent, and have long wing tails. They are found in open areas, including tracks of primary rainforest.
The genus was ...
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*'' Seco''
*'' Siseme''
*'' Syrmatia''
*'' Themone''
species gallery
Riodininae
Butterfly tribes
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