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Red-barred Amarynthis (Amarynthis meneria)

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Amarynthis
Scientific classification Edit this 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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