Riodina lysippus

Riodina lysippus
In the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific 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 and of the entire family Riodinidae. It is found throughout northern parts of South America and the Caribbean.

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