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Cithaerias

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

Cithaerias is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Penz, C.M., Alexander, L.G. & Devries, P.J. 2014. Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 3873(5): 541–559.
  • Penz, C.M., 2021. Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4963 (2): 293–316.
  • Nymphalidae.net taxonomic list