Stalachtis

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Stalachtis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Genus: Stalachtis
Hübner, 1818
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • Nerias Boisduval, 1836

Stalachtis is a

butterflies (family Riodinidae). It is currently the only member of the tribe Stalachtini,[1]
but many metalmark butterflies are yet to be unequivocally assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.

They are essentially limited to the

Ithomiinae
.

Selected species

References

  1. ^ "Riodinidae". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

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