''Nymphidium '' is a

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in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the

Neotropical realm 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 In bioge ...

. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by

mimicry In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. Often, mimicry f ...

, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which being now and then preponderant. The wings have a normal shape without indentations, tail appendages, lobing or coiling. The larva is shaped like a

woodlouse A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood. ...

, hunched, green, sometimes with a yellow lateral streak, the neck organ out of a transverse row of green spikes or bristles. It has a guard of ants. The pupa is green, fastened by a belt-like thread. The butterflies rest on the under surface of leaves and are chased up by beating the bushes, whereupon they fly like Geometridae for some paces, in order to hide themselves again. The swarming-time seems to be dawn, or the early morning, but the author came across them yet in the sunshine of the morning on blossoms. They are easily taken and fly low.Seitz, A. 1916. Family:Erycinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the world,vol. 5:617–738. Stuttgart: Alfred Kerne

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Species

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Nymphidium acherois ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of whic ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) present in

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' Nymphidium ariari'' Callaghan, 1988 present in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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Nymphidium ascolia ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which ...

'' Hewitson,

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/small> present in

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

, Brazil *'' Nymphidium aurum'' Callaghan, 1985 present in Brazil *'' Nymphidium azanoides'' Butler, 1867 present in

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, Brazil *'' Nymphidium baeotia'' Hewitson,

/small> present in French Guiana,

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, Brazil *'' Nymphidium balbinus'' Staudinger,

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/small> present in Colombia *'' Nymphidium cachrus'' (Fabricius, 1787) present in French Guiana, Guyana,

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

, Colombia *''

Nymphidium callaghani ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of whic ...

'' Brévignon, 1999 present in French Guiana *''

Nymphidium caricae ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of whic ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) present in French Guiana, Guyana,

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, Brazil *'' Nymphidium carmentis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Ecuador, Bolivia *'' Nymphidium chimborazium'' Bates, 1868 present in Ecuador *'' Nymphidium chione'' Bates, 1867 present in Brazil *'' Nymphidium colleti'' Gallard, 2008 *'' Nymphidium derufata'' Callaghan, 1985 present in Suriname *'' Nymphidium fulminans'' Bates, 1868 present in Colombia, Brazil *'' Nymphidium guyanensis'' Gallard & Brévignon, 1989 present in French Guiana *'' Nymphidium haematostictum'' Godman & Salvin, 1878 present in Costa Rica,

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

*'' Nymphidium hermieri'' Gallard, 2008 *''

Nymphidium hesperinum ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which ...

'' Stichel, 1911 present in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

*'' Nymphidium latibrunis'' Callaghan, 1985 present in Ecuador *''

Nymphidium lenocinium ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which ...

'' Schaus, 1913 present in Costa Rica, Colombia *'' Nymphidium leucosia'' (Hübner,

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present in Colombia, Peru, Brazil *''

Nymphidium lisimon ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which ...

'' (Stoll, 1790) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Brazil *'' Nymphidium manicorensis'' Callaghan, 1985 present in French Guiana, Brazil *'' Nymphidium mantus'' (Cramer, 1775) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil *'' Nymphidium menalcus'' (Stoll, 1782) present in French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela *'' Nymphidium ninias'' Hewitson, 1865 present in Brazil *''

Nymphidium nivea ''Nymphidium '' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm. Some ''Nymphidium'' are obviously secondarily transformed by mimicry, otherwise the almost exclusive colours are brown and white either of which ...

'' Talbot, 1928 present in Brazil *'' Nymphidium olinda'' Bates, 1865 present in Panama, Venezuela, Brazil *'' Nymphidium omois'' Hewitson, 1865 present in

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

*'' Nymphidium onaeum'' Hewitson, 1869 present in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

, Panama *'' Nymphidium plinthobaphis'' Stichel, 1910 present in Brazil, Peru *'' Nymphidium smalli'' Callaghan, 1999 present in Panama *'' Nymphidium strati'' Kaye, 1925 present in Trinidad and Tobago *'' Nymphidium trinidadi'' Callaghan, 1999 present in Trinidad and Tobago *'' Nymphidium undimargo'' Seitz, 1917 present in Brazil

Sources

''Nymphidium''
on Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1762549 Nymphidiini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius