Biology:Calydna (butterfly)

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Calydna
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Calydna species from Museum Wiesbaden
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Calydna

Doubleday, 1847
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Calydna is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

Species of Calydna feed as larvae on Olacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Schoepfia, Ximenia and Conceveiba.

Species list

  • Calydna cabira Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
  • Calydna caieta Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
  • Calydna calamisa Hewitson, 1854 Brazil
  • Calydna candace Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
  • Calydna carneia Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
  • Calydna catana Hewitson, 1859 Venezuela, Brazil
  • Calydna cea Hewitson, 1859 Brazil, Peru
  • Calydna charila Hewitson, 1854 Brazil, Peru
  • Calydna fissilisima Hall, 2002 Brazil
  • Calydna hiria (Godart, [1824]) Brazil, Peru
  • Calydna jeannea Hall, 2002 Peru
  • Calydna lusca (Geyer, [1835]) Mexico, Peru
  • Calydna micra Bates, 1868 Brazil
  • Calydna nicolayi Hall, 2002 Peru
  • Calydna stolata Brévignon, 1998 French Guiana
  • Calydna thersander (Stoll, [1780]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
  • Calydna sturnula (Geyer, 1837) Mexico, Brazil
  • Calydna venusta Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil

Sources

  • Calydna at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1769020 entry