Riodina lysippus

Riodina lysippus
In the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Riodina
Species:
R. lysippus
Binomial name
Riodina lysippus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio lysippus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Erycina lysippus (Linnaeus), 1758
  • Erycina lysippe Hübner, [1819]
  • Riodina negrita Seitz, 1913

Riodina lysippus is a species of Neotropical metalmark butterfly. It is the type species of its genus[1] and of the entire family Riodinidae. It is found throughout northern parts of South America[2] and the Caribbean.[3]

  1. ^ Doubleday, Edward; Westwood, John (1851). Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. p. 230. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ Riodina, funet.fi
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference drury was invoked but never defined (see the help page).