| Athyrtis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Danainae |
| Tribe: | Ithomiini |
| Genus: | Athyrtis C. & R. Felder, 1862 |
| Species: | A. mechanitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Athyrtis mechanitis C. & R. Felder, 1862 | |
Athyrtis is a butterfly genus of the Ithomiini tribe in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Athyrtis mechanitis. The genus and the species were named by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.
References
- "Athyrtis C. & R. Felder, 1862" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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