Thyridia

Melantho Tigerwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Thyridia Hübner, 1816
Species:	T. psidii
Binomial name
Thyridia psidii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Genus: Xanthocleis Boisduval, 1870 Aprotopus Kirby, 1871 Aprotopos Kirby, 1871 Species: Papilio psidii Linnaeus, 1758 Xanthocleis psidii Lewis, 1974 Thyridia psidii Lamas, 1999

Thyridia is a monotypic^[1] genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Hübner in 1816. Its only species is the Melantho Tigerwing or Clapping Ticlear^[2] (Thyridia psidii). It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae and is found in the Neotropical zone.

Subspecies

Arranged alphabetically.^[3]

• T. p. aedesia Doubleday, [1847]
• T. p. cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914)
• T. p. hippodamia (Fabricius, 1775)
• T. p. ino C. & R. Felder, 1862
• T. p. melantho Bates, 1866^[4]
• T. p. pallida Godman & Salvin, 1898
• T. p. psidii (Linnaeus, 1758)

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