Cithaerias andromeda

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

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.^[2]

Andromeda satyr
Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)