''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark
butterflies
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 ...
in the family
Riodinidae. The genus was erected by
Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in ''Lasaia'', found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Lasaia'':
* ''Lasaia aerugo
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly colour ...
'' Clench, 1972
* '' Lasaia agesilas'' (Latreille, 1813)
* ''Lasaia arsis
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in ''Lasaia'', found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 13 spec ...
'' Staudinger, 1888
* ''Lasaia incoides
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in ''Lasaia'', found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 13 spec ...
'' (Schaus, 1902)
* ''Lasaia maria
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in ''Lasaia'', found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 13 spec ...
'' Clench, 1971
* '' Lasaia meris'' Cramer, 1781
* '' Lasaia moeros'' Staudinger, 1888
* '' Lasaia narses'' Staudinger, 1888
* '' Lasaia oileus'' Godman, 1903
* '' Lasaia pseudomeris'' Clench, 1971
* '' Lasaia scotina'' Stichel, 1910
* '' Lasaia sessilis'' Schaus, 1890
* '' Lasaia sula'' Staudinger, 1888 (blue metalmark)
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Riodinini
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