Thyridia

For the plant genus, see Thyridia repens.

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

Thyridia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
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

Subspecies

Arranged alphabetically:

• Thyridia psidii aedesia Doubleday, [1847]
• Thyridia psidii cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914)
• Thyridia psidii hippodamia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Thyridia psidii ino C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Thyridia psidii melantho Bates, 1866^[3]
• Thyridia psidii pallida Godman & Salvin, 1898
• Thyridia psidii psidii (Linnaeus, 1758)