Biology:Amarynthis

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Amarynthis
Scientific classification
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 .

External links

• Amarynthis meneria at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Species info

Wikidata ☰ Q939540 entry