Brachyglenis

Brachyglenis
Brachyglenis and other Riodinidae depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus:
C. & R. Felder, [1862]
Synonyms
  • Tmetoglene C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Metapheles Bates, 1866

Brachyglenis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae,[1] which is found only in the Neotropical realm.

Species

Six species are currently recognised:[2]

  • Brachyglenis colaxes (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Brachyglenis dinora (Bates, 1866) present in Nicaragua and Colombia
  • Brachyglenis dodona Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Mexico and Panama
  • Brachyglenis drymo (Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Brazil
  • Brachyglenis esthema C. & R. Felder, 1862 present in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
  • Brachyglenis trichroma (Seitz, 1920)

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
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