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The Riodinini are one of the large
Riodininae
Butterfly tribes
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tribes
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of metalmark butterflies (family
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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 ...
). As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.
Selected genera
*''Amarynthis
''Amarynthis'' is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, ''Amarynthis meneria'', the meneria metalmark, is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the Andes from Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana, south ...
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*'' Amphiselenis''
*'' Ancyluris''
*'' Baeotis''
*'' Barbicornis''
*'' Brachyglenis''
*'' Calephelis''
*''Caria
Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined ...
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*'' Cariomothis''
*'' Cartea''
*'' Chalodeta''
*''Chamaelimnas
''Chamaelimnas'' is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.
Species
Listed alphabetically: present in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru
Sources ''Chamaelimnas''at Markku Savela's website on LepidopteraTOLimages
References
External linksimages rep ...
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*''Charis
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*'' Chorinea''
*'' Colaciticus''
*'' Crocozona''
*'' Cyrenia''
*'' Dachetola''
*'' Detritivora''
*'' Exoplisia''
*'' Isapis''
*''Ithomeis
''Ithomeis'' is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Species
*''Ithomeis aurantiaca'' Bates, 1862 present in Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru
*''Ithomeis eulema'' Hewitson, 1870 ...
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*''Lasaia
''Lasaia'' is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825, in Leicester – 16 February 1892, in London) was an English naturalist and explorer ...
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*'' Lymnas''
*'' Lyropteryx''
*'' Melanis''
*'' Metacharis''
*'' Monethe''
*'' Nahida''
*'' Necyria''
*'' Nirodia''
*'' Notheme''
*'' Panara''
*'' Paraphthonia''
*'' Parcella''
*'' Pheles'' includes ''Lepricornis''
*'' Riodina''
*'' Rhetus''
*'' Seco''
*'' Siseme''
*'' Syrmatia''
*'' Themone''
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Riodininae
Butterfly tribes
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