Anteros acheus
| Anteros acheus | |
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| Anteros acheus ampyx (dorsal view) | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Anteros |
| Species: | A. acheus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anteros acheus (Stoll, 1781) | |
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Anteros acheus is a species of butterflies of the Riodinidae family, found in Brazil, Surinam and Bolivia.[1] It was first described by Stoll in 1781.
Description
(Pertains to A. a. ampyx.) Upper Side. Antennae white, brown at their extremities. Thorax, abdomen, and wings brown; the anterior wings having two oval straw-coloured spots placed near the middle, and the anterior edges of the posterior ones streaked with the same colour.
Under Side. Palpi , breast, legs, and abdomen straw-coloured. Wings straw-coloured, being spotted and streaked with red brown, each of these markings appearing to have a gold spot or streak in its centre, forming a very beautiful and singular appearance. Margins of the anterior wings entire, but of the posterior ones a little dentated. Wing-span 1¾ inches (44 mm).[2]
Sub-species
- Anteros acheus acheus (Surinam)
- Anteros acheus ampyx (Drury, 1782) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
- Anteros acheus troas Stichel, 1909 (Bolivia)