Riodina lysippus
| Riodina lysippus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Riodinini |
| Genus: | Riodina |
| Species: | R. lysippus |
| Binomial name | |
| Riodina lysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Riodina lysippus is a species of Neotropical metalmark butterfly. It is the type species of its genus[1] and therefore of the entire Riodinidae family. It is found throughout northern parts of South America[2] and the Caribbean.[3]
Description
Upper Side. The wings are of a chocolate-black. On the anterior is an orange-coloured line, which, rising about the middle of the anterior edge, crosses the wing towards the anal angle, where it suddenly bends, and terminates at the posterior edge. The posterior wings, which are angulated, have a circular orange line, rising at the anterior edge, near the corner, crossing the wings, and meeting near the anal angle.
Under Side. The wings are of the same colour as on the upper side, with the same orange line, whereon, in the anterior pair, are some white spots. Between this and the base are several faint, dirty grey, oblong spots, namely, four on the anterior, and about twenty on the posterior wing. The base of the anterior margin of the fore wings, and the anal margin of the posterior wings, are of a red colour.[3]
Subspecies
- Riodina lysippus lysippus (Venezuela)
- Riodina lysippus erratica Seitz, 1913 (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Riodina lysippus lysias Stichel, 1910 (Ecuador, Bolivia)