Biology:Veladyris

Short description: Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

Veladyris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Veladyris Fox, 1945
Species:	V. pardalis
Binomial name
Veladyris pardalis (Salvin, 1869)
Synonyms
Ithomia pardalis Salvin, 1869 Ithomia cytharista Hewitson, 1874 Velamysta pardalis totumbra Kaye, 1919

Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Subspecies

• V. p. pardalis (Ecuador)
• V. p. aurea Lamas, 1980 (Ecuador)
• V. p. christina Lamas, 1980 (Peru)
• V. p. cytharista (Hewitson, 1874) (Peru)
• V. p. totumbra (Kaye, 1919) (Peru)

There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3555284 entry