Riodinini

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Riodinini
Rhetus periander collection specimen
Rhetus periander collection specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Infraorder: Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Riodinini
Grote, 1895
Genera

Numerous, see text

The Riodinini are one of the large tribes of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary.

[edit] Selected genera

  • Amarynthis
  • Amphiselenis
  • Ancyluris
  • Baeotis
  • Barbicornis
  • Brachyglenis
  • Calephelis[verification needed]
  • Caria
  • Cariomothis
  • Cartea
  • Chalodeta
  • Chamaelimnas
  • Charis
  • Chorinea
  • Colaciticus
  • Crocozona
  • Cyrenia
  • Dachetola
  • Detritivora
  • Exoplisia
  • Isapis
  • Ithomeis
  • Lasaia
  • Lyropteryx
  • Melanis
  • Metacharis
  • Monethe
  • Nahida
  • Necyria
  • Nirodia
  • Notheme
  • Panara
  • Paraphthonia
  • Parcella
  • Pheles - includes Lepricornis
  • Riodina
  • Rhetus
  • Seco
  • Siseme
  • Syrmatia
  • Themone
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