''Nahida'' is a
genus
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in the butterfly family
Riodinidae present only in the
Neotropical realm
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Definition
In bioge ...
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Species
There are four
species
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in the genus:
[''Nahida'']
at GBIF
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* ''
N. coenoides'' (
type
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* Ty ...
Hewitson, 1869)
* ''
N. ecuadorica'' Strand, 1911
* ''
N. serena'' Stichel, 1910
* ''
N. trochois'' Hewitson, 1877
References
External links
TOLat Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
Holotype
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images
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Riodininae
Riodinidae of South America
Lepidoptera of Ecuador
Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby