Cithaerias

Cithaerias
Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
Cithaerias pireta, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Haeterini
Genus:
Hübner, [1819][1]
Synonyms
  • Callitaera Butler, 1868

Cithaerias is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.[2][3]

Species

  • Cithaerias andromeda (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cithaerias aurora (C. Felder & R. Felder) including Cithaerias phantoma (Fassl, 1922)
  • Cithaerias aurorina
  • Cithaerias azurina
  • Cithaerias bandusia
  • Cithaerias cliftoni
  • Cithaerias esmeralda
  • Cithaerias pireta (Stoll, [1780])
  • Cithaerias pyritosa (Zikán, 1942)
  • Cithaerias pyropina (Salvin & Godman, 1868)
  • Cithaerias songoana

References

  1. ^ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Penz, Carla M.; Alexander, Laura G.; Devries, Philip J. (2014-10-20). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zootaxa. 3873 (5). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ^ Penz, Carla M. (2021-04-19). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zootaxa. 4963 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.