Amarynthis meneria

Amarynthis meneria
Amarynthis meneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus: Amarynthis
Hübner, 1819
Species: A. periander
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

The Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) is a butterfly of the Riodinidae family. It is only member of the Amarynthis genus. It is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the Andes from Venezuela, Surinam and Guyana, south through the Brazilian Amazon to Peru and northern Argentina.

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