Philaethria

Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Philaethria
Philaethria dido
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Philaethria Billberg, 1820
Species
See text
Synonyms
Metamandana Stichel, 1908

Species

The following is a list of species classified under Philaethria:^[1]

• Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002 - Found in Macouria, French Guiana
• Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991 - (incertae sedis) Found in the Chocó Department of western Colombia
• Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in Central America and Mexico
• Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) – scarce bamboo page, longwing dido, or green heliconia – The most widespread species of Philaethria. It can be found as far north as Mexico and Texas^[2] to as far south as the Amazon basin.^[3]
• Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906) - Found in the Cauca Department of western Colombia
• Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in the state of Pará, Brazil
• Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906) - Found in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil

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  Philaethria dido
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  Philaethria pygmalion - MHNT