Thyridia

Melantho Tigerwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Thyridia
Hübner, 1816
Species: T. psidii
Binomial name
Thyridia psidii
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms

Genus:

  • Xanthocleis Boisduval, 1870
  • Aprotopus Kirby, 1871
  • Aprotopos Kirby, 1871

Species:

  • Papilio psidii Linnaeus, 1758
  • Xanthocleis psidii Lewis, 1974
  • Thyridia psidii Lamas, 1999

Thyridia is a monotypic[1] genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Hübner in 1816. Its only species is the Melantho Tigerwing or Clapping Ticlear[2] (Thyridia psidii). It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae and is found in the Neotropical zone.

Subspecies

Arranged alphabetically.[3]

References

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  1. Thyridia, funet.fi
  2. Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p.144.
  3. Thyridia psidii, funet.fi
  4. Thyridia psidii melantho H. Bates, 1866 (Melantho Tigerwing), Butterflies of America


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