Barbicornis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species Barbicornis basilis present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.
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Genus: | Barbicornis Godart, [1824]
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Species: | B. basilis
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Barbicornis basilis Godart, [1824]
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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.[citation needed]
Subspecies
edit- 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
editExternal links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Barbicornis.
- Butterflies of America High resolution images of type specimens.
- TOL