Syrmatia

Syrmatia
Photoshop drawing of Syrmatia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus: Syrmatia
Hübner,1819

Syrmatia (Jacob Hübner, 1819) is a South American Metalmark butterfly genus in the subfamily Riodininae.


There are four species in the genus. All are Neotropical and have long tails on the hindwings.

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