Callithomia lenea

Callithomia lenea is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America.

Callithomia lenea
Callithomia lenea agrippina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callithomia
Species:	C. lenea
Binomial name
Callithomia lenea (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
Papilio lenea Cramer, [1779] Dircenna lenea Papilio melanida Cramer, 1779 Dircenna zoelo Bates, 1862 Dircenna elvira Weymer, 1899 Ithomia drogheda Weeks, 1906 Leithomia skinneri Masters, 1973 Callithomia juruaensis d'Almeida, 1958 Callithomia foxi Masters, 1970 Ithomia hulda Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 Dircenna epidero ab. signata Haensch, 1909 Ithomia agrippina Hewitson, [1863] Dircenna callipero Bates, 1863 Ithomia balboa Bates, 1863 Corbulis euphane Boisduval, 1870 Corbulis neobule Boisduval, 1870 Epithomia callipero Epithomia agrippina Corbulis agrippina Corbulis callipero Epithomia alpho f. nikita Haensch, 1909 Epithomia alpho Callithomia viridipuncta Kaye, 1918 Callithomia viridipuncta ab. confluens Kaye, 1918 Callithomia zingiber Fox, 1945 Callithomia lauta Fox, 1945 Dircenna obfuscata Butler, 1873 Ithomia methonella Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 Dircenna amphidero Poulton, 1898 Dircenna rufa Forbes, 1942

Subspecies

• Callithomia lenea lenea (Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela)
• Callithomia lenea zelie (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Bolivia, Peru, Brazil: Acre)
• Callithomia lenea xantho (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (Brazil: Bahia)
• Callithomia lenea epidero (Bates, 1862) (Brazil: Pará)
• Callithomia lenea agrippina (Hewitson, 1863) (Colombia, Panama)
• Callithomia lenea alpho (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Venezuela)
• Callithomia lenea pulcheria (Hewitson, 1870) (Ecuador)
• Callithomia lenea obfuscata Butler, 1873 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Callithomia lenea methonella (Weymer, 1875) (Brazil: Santa Catarina), Paraguay)
• Callithomia lenea fumantis (Haensch, 1909) (Colombia)
• Callithomia lenea siparia (Kaye, 1922) (Trinidad)
• Callithomia lenea inturna (Fox, 1941) (Peru)
• Callithomia lenea travassosi d'Almeida, 1958 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

In addition, there are three unnamed subspecies from Venezuela.