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Amarynthis
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)
Synonyms
	Papilio meneria Cramer, 1776; Papilio micalia Cramer, 1776; Hesperia maecenas Fabricius, 1793 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793); Hesperia dimas Fabricius, 1796; Amarynthis meneria f. conflata Stichel, 1910; Amarynthis meneria stenogramma Stichel, 1910; Amarynthis coccitincta Seitz, 1913; Amarynthis superior Seitz, 1913;

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.

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