Calydna (butterfly)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Genus: | Calydna Doubleday, 1847 |
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Calydna is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.
Species of Calydna feed, as larvae on Olacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Schoepfia, Ximenia and Conceveiba.
Species list
- Calydna cabira Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
- Calydna caieta Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
- Calydna calamisa Hewitson, 1854 Brazil
- Calydna candace Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
- Calydna carneia Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
- Calydna catana Hewitson, 1859 Venezuela, Brazil
- Calydna cea Hewitson, 1859 Brazil, Peru
- Calydna charila Hewitson, 1854 Brazil, Peru
- Calydna fissilisima Hall, 2002 Brazil
- Calydna hiria (Godart, [1824]) Brazil, Peru
- Calydna jeannea Hall, 2002 Peru
- Calydna lusca (Geyer, [1835]) Mexico, Peru
- Calydna micra Bates, 1868 Brazil
- Calydna nicolayi Hall, 2002 Peru
- Calydna stolata Brévignon, 1998 French Guiana
- Calydna thersander (Stoll, [1780]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
- Calydna sturnula (Geyer, 1837) Mexico, Brazil
- Calydna venusta Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
Sources
- Calydna at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
External links
- images representing Calydna at Encyclopedia of Life
- images representing Calydna at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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