Barbicornis

Barbicornis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species Barbicornis basilis present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

Barbicornis
Boisduval's figure of Barbicornis basilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Barbicornis Godart, [1824]
Species:	B. basilis
Binomial name
Barbicornis basilis Godart, [1824]
Synonyms
Chroma Gray, 1832 Barbicornis melanops Butler, 1873 Barbicornis dibaphina Butler, 1873 Barbicornis polyplaga Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis melanops ab. alyconeus Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis cuneifera Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis var. conjuncta Zikán, 1952 Barbicornis var. magniplaga Zikán, 1952 Barbicornis marginata Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis melanopa f. apotacta Stichel, 1909 Barbicornis mona f. moneta Stichel, 1909 Barbicornis melanops fusus Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis melanops aterrima Seitz, 1913 Barbicornis mona cinaropsis Seitz, 1916 Barbicornis mona f. monacha Stichel, 1924 Barbicornis mona f. perfectissima Stichel, 1928

The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a long apex of the tail on the lower radial (uppermost median) vein. The original description was published in Encyclopédie Méthodique. They drink early in the morning from wet stones and places on roads or tracks and rest during the day beneath leaves.

Subspecies

• Barbicornis basilis basilis (Paraguay, Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
• Barbicornis basilis acroleuca Berg, 1896 (Paraguay)
• Barbicornis basilis bahiana Azzará, 1978 (Brazil: Bahia)
• Barbicornis basilis ephippium Thieme, 1907 (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul)
• Barbicornis basilis marginata Seitz, 1913 (Brazil: Bahia)
• Barbicornis basilis mona Westwood, 1851 (Paraguay, Brazil: Espírito Santo)
• Barbicornis basilis paraopeba Azzará, 1978 (Brazil: Minas Gerais)
• Barbicornis basilis tucumana Thieme, 1907 (Argentina)

Sources

• Barbicornis sur funet

External links

• Butterflies of America High resolution images of type specimens.
• TOL