Cithaerias andromeda

Cithaerias andromeda, the Andromeda satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

"Andromeda satyr" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Taygetis thamyra.

Cithaerias andromeda
Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Cithaerias
Species:
C. andromeda
Binomial name
Cithaerias andromeda
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio andromeda Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio philis Stoll, 1782 (preocc. Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cithaerias cissa Hübner, [1819]
  • Hetaera pellucida Butler, 1866
  • Hetaera phelis Butler, 1866
  • Hetaera harpalyce Butler, 1866
  • Callitaera pellucida f. archeops Le Cerf, 1927
  • Callitaera philis f. hyacinthina Langer, 1943
  • Haetera esmeralda Doubleday, 1845
  • Callitaera rubina Fassl, 1922

Subspecies
  • Cithaerias andromeda andromeda (Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Pará)
  • Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda Doubleday, 1845 (Brazil: Pará)
  • Cithaerias andromeda bandusia Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Cithaerias andromeda azurina (Zikán, 1942) (Brazil: Amazonas)

References
  1. "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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