''Chorinea octauius'' (octauius swordtail) is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

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 ...

. It is found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

Subspecies

*''Chorinea octauius octauius'' (Guianas, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela) *''Chorinea octauius orchestris'' Stichel, 1910 (Peru)

References

Riodinini Butterflies described in 1787 {{Riodinidae-stub