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Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus For the plant genus, see Thyridia repens.

Thyridia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Thyridia
Hübner, 1816
Species: T. psidii
Binomial name
Thyridia psidii
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

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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 genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1816. Its only species is Thyridia psidii, the Melantho tigerwing or clapping ticlear. It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae and is found in the Neotropical zone.

Subspecies

Arranged alphabetically:

  • Thyridia psidii aedesia Doubleday,
  • Thyridia psidii cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914)
  • Thyridia psidii hippodamia (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Thyridia psidii ino C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Thyridia psidii melantho Bates, 1866
  • Thyridia psidii pallida Godman & Salvin, 1898
  • Thyridia psidii psidii (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. "Thyridia Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p.144.
  3. Thyridia psidii melantho H. Bates, 1866 (Melantho Tigerwing), Butterflies of America
Taxon identifiers
Thyridia


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