Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
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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 ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
from the subfamily
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
.
Species
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Cithaerias andromeda
''Cithaerias andromeda'', the Andromeda satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Differentiation between subspecies and their corresponding sex is ...
Cithaerias pireta
''Cithaerias pireta'', the blushing phantom, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern ...
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Cithaerias pyritosa
''Cithaerias'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
* ''Cithaerias andromeda'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Cithaerias phantoma'' (Fassl, 1922)
* ''Cithaerias pireta'' (Stoll, 780
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Cithaerias pyropina
''Cithaerias'' is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
* ''Cithaerias andromeda'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* '' Cithaerias phantoma'' (Fassl, 1922)
* ''Cithaerias pireta'' (Stoll, 780
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