Thyridia
Melantho tigerwing | |
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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 | |
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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)
References
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- ↑ Thyridia, funet.fi
- ↑ Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p.144.
- ↑ Thyridia psidii, funet.fi
- ↑ Thyridia psidii melantho H. Bates, 1866 (Melantho Tigerwing), Butterflies of America
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