Cithaerias is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
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| Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda | |
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| Cithaerias pireta, Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Haeterini |
| Genus: | Cithaerias Hübner, [1819][1] |
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Species
edit- Cithaerias andromeda (Fabricius, 1775)
- Cithaerias aurora (C. Felder & R. Felder) including Cithaerias phantoma (Fassl, 1922)
- Cithaerias aurorina
- Cithaerias azurina
- Cithaerias bandusia
- Cithaerias cliftoni
- Cithaerias esmeralda
- Cithaerias pireta (Stoll, [1780])
- Cithaerias pyritosa (Zikán, 1942)
- Cithaerias pyropina (Salvin & Godman, 1868)
- Cithaerias songoana
References
edit- ^ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Penz, C.M., Alexander, L.G. & Devries, P.J. 2014. Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 3873(5): 541–559.
- Penz, C.M., 2021. Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4963 (2): 293–316.
- Nymphalidae.net taxonomic list
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