Perophthalma

Perophthalma

:"Eyemark is also a term used for the CBS network's longtime Eye Device logo."

Taxobox
name = "Perophthalma"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
unranked_family = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Riodinidae
genus = "Perophthalma"
genus_authority = Westwood, 1851
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Perophthalma lasus"
*"Perophthalma tullius" - Tullius eyemark

"Perophthalma" is a very small butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. The genus comprises only two species, both found only in Central and South America. They are commonly called eyemarks, alluding to their eyespot on the wings.


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