Necyria

Necyria
Necyria bellona westwoodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Riodinini
Genus:	Necyria Westwood, 1851

Necyria is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.

There are three species which all have colourful iridescent markings. They are forest insects. Some are part of mimetic complexes.

The genus was erected by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. The subspecies shown in the taxobox is named in Westwood’s honour.

Species

• Necyria bellona
• Necyria ingaretha
• Necyria duellona

References

• Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera

External links

• Funet Systematics.

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