''Theorema'' is a genus of

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 ...

in the family

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. The members (species) of this genus are found in the

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Species

*'' Theorema eumenia'' Hewitson, 1865 Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama. *'' Theorema sapho'' (Staudinger, 1888) Colombia *'' Theorema dysmenia'' Draudt, 1919 Colombia.

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