Hermathena candidata is a species of butterfly in genus Hermathena of the family Riodinidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, the Guianas and Bolivia east of Andes.

Hermathena candidata
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H. candidata
Binomial name
Hermathena candidata
(Hewitson, 1874)

The larvae feed on Vriesea species.

Subspecies edit

  • Hermathena candidata candidata (Bolivia)
  • Hermathena candidata columba Stichel, 1910 (Colombia)

References edit

  • Hewitson, William Chapman (1876), Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson, Volume 5.

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