Barbicornis

Barbicornis
Boisduval's figure of Barbicornis basilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Genus: Barbicornis
Godart, [1824]
Species: B. basilis
Binomial name
Barbicornis basilis
Godart, [1824]
Synonyms
  • Chroma Gray, 1832
  • Barbicornis melanops Butler, 1873
  • Barbicornis dibaphina Butler, 1873
  • Barbicornis polyplaga Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis melanops ab. alyconeus Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis cuneifera Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis var. conjuncta Zikán, 1952
  • Barbicornis var. magniplaga Zikán, 1952
  • Barbicornis marginata Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis melanopa f. apotacta Stichel, 1909
  • Barbicornis mona f. moneta Stichel, 1909
  • Barbicornis melanops fusus Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis melanops aterrima Seitz, 1913
  • Barbicornis mona cinaropsis Seitz, 1916
  • Barbicornis mona f. monacha Stichel, 1924
  • Barbicornis mona f. perfectissima Stichel, 1928

Barbicornis is a genus of the family Riodinidae with a single species Barbicornis basilis present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a long apex of the tail on the lower radial (uppermost median) vein.The original description was published in Encyclopédie Méthodique.The imagines drink early in the morning from wet stones and places on roads or tracks and rest in day-time beneath leaves.

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