''Stalachtis phlegia'' is a species of
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 ...
of the family
Riodinidae. It is found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
Subspecies
*''Stalachtis phlegia phlegia'' (Surinam)
*''Stalachtis phlegia nocticoelum''
Seitz, 1917 (Brazil: Pará)
*''Stalachtis phlegia phlegetontia''
(Perty, 1833) (Brazil: Goiás and Mato Grosso, Paraguay)
*''Stalachtis phlegia susanna''
(Fabricius, 1787) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
*''Stalachtis phlegia venezolana''
Seitz, 1917 (Venezuela)
References
Butterflies described in 1779
Riodininae
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