Nahida

For other uses, see Nahida (disambiguation).

Nahida is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

Nahida
Nahida coenoides Hewitson's plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Nahida Kirby, 1871
Species:	N. coenoides (type Hewitson, 1869) N. ecuadorica Strand, 1911 N. serena Stichel, 1910 N. trochois Hewitson, 1877
Binomial name
Nahida Kirby, 1871
Synonyms
Threnodes Hewitson, 1870 (preocc. Duponchel, 1845) Threnodes coenoides Hewitson, 1870 Nahida coenoides f. trochoides Stichel, 1929 Ithomeis coenoides ecuadorica Strand, 1911 Threnodes coenoides trochois Hewitson, 1877

Species

There are four species in the genus:

• N. coenoides (type Hewitson, 1869)
• N. ecuadorica Strand, 1911
• N. serena Stichel, 1910
• N. trochois Hewitson, 1877

External links

• TOL
• Nahida at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
• Naheda at Butterflies of America Holotype images