The Symmachiini are a
tribe
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of metalmark
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
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family
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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 ...
).
Genera
As numerous Riodinidae
genera
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have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.
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Chimastrum''
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Esthemopsis''
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Lucillella''
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Mesene
Characene (Ancient Greek: Χαρακηνή), also known as Mesene (Μεσσήνη) or Meshan, was a kingdom founded by the Iranian Hyspaosines located at the head of the Persian Gulf mostly within modern day Iraq. Its capital, Charax Spasinou (� ...
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Mesenopsis''
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Panaropsis''
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Phaenochitonia''
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Pirascca''
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Pterographium''
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Stichelia''
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Symmachia
''Symmachia'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
This genus is distinguished by a strong bulging-out of the costa of the forewing of the males, this characteristic bulge recedes in but few specie ...
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Xenandra
''Xenandra'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Species
*'' Xenandra agria'' (Hewitson, 853 present in Brazil
*'' Xenandra ahrenholzi'' Hall & Willmott 2007 present in Ecuador
*'' Xenandra desora'' ...
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Xynias''
Riodininae
Taxa named by Henry Walter Bates
Butterfly tribes
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