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Thyridia

Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thyridia
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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.

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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)

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