Amarynthis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Tribe: | Riodinini |
Genus: | Amarynthis Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | A. meneria |
Binomial name | |
Amarynthis meneria (Cramer, 1776) | |
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Amarynthis is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, Amarynthis meneria, the meneria metalmark, is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the Andes from Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana, south through the Brazilian Amazon to Peru and northern Argentina.
External links
- Amarynthis meneria at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Species info
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