Biology:Elbella

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Elbella
Elbella scylla
Elbella azeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Elbella

Elbella is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Elbella adonis (Bell, 1931) Argentina , Paraguay, Brazil
• Elbella azeta (Hewitson, [1866]) Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Brazil
• Elbella biscuspis de Jong, 1983 Suriname
• Elbella blanda Evans, 1951) Peru
• Elbella dulcinea (Plötz, 1879) Colombia
• Elbella etna Evans, 1951 Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Brazil
• Elbella hegesippe (Mabille & Boullet, 1908)
• Elbella intersecta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
• Elbella iphinous (Latreille, [1924]) Brazil
• Elbella lamprus (Hopffer, 1874) Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
• Elbella lustra Evans, 1951 Colombia
• Elbella luteizona (Mabille, 1877) Brazil
• Elbella madeira Mielke, 1995 Brazil
• Elbella mariae (Bell, 1931) Brazil
• Elbella merops (Bell, 1934) Colombia
• Elbella miodesmiata (Röber, 1925) Mexico, Colombia
• Elbella patrobas (Hewitson, 1857) Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
• Elbella patroclus (Plötz, 1879) Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru
• Elbella rondonia Mielke, 1995 Brazil
• Elbella scylla (Ménétriés, 1855) Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
• Elbella theseus (Bell, 1934) Brazil
• Elbella viriditas (Skinner, 1920) Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Elbella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q1307190 entry