Juditha azan

Juditha azan

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Juditha
Species:	J. azan
Binomial name
*Juditha azan* (Westwood, [1851])
Synonyms
Nymphidium azan Westwood, [1851] Desmozona azan var. australis C. Felder, 1862 Juditha majorina Brévignon & Gallard, 1998 Papilio lamis Stoll, [1780] (preocc. Cramer, 1779) Juditha azan lamiola Mielke & Casagrande, 1992 (nom. nud.) Pepla lamis Juditha lamis Nymphidium lamis Nymphidium completa Lathy, 1904

Juditha azan is a butterfly of the Riodinidae family. It is found in most of South America.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

Juditha azan azan (Brazil (Rio de Janeiro))
Juditha azan majorina (Guianas, Brazil (Amazon to Mato Grosso), Venezuela, Trinidad)
Juditha azan completa (western Brazil, western Amazon, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)

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