Cithaerias andromeda, the Andromeda satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[2]

Andromeda satyr
Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cithaerias
Species:
C. andromeda
Binomial name
Cithaerias andromeda
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio andromeda Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio philis Stoll, 1782 (preocc. Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cithaerias cissa Hübner, [1819]
  • Hetaera pellucida Butler, 1866
  • Hetaera phelis Butler, 1866
  • Hetaera harpalyce Butler, 1866
  • Callitaera pellucida f. archeops Le Cerf, 1927
  • Callitaera philis f. hyacinthina Langer, 1943
  • Haetera esmeralda Doubleday, 1845
  • Callitaera rubina Fassl, 1922

Subspecies

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  • Cithaerias andromeda andromeda (Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Pará)
  • Cithaerias andromeda esmeralda Doubleday, 1845 (Brazil: Pará)
  • Cithaerias andromeda bandusia Staudinger, [1887] (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • Cithaerias andromeda azurina (Zikán, 1942) (Brazil: Amazonas)

References

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  1. ^ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Penz, Carla M. (2021). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zootaxa. 4963 (2): 293–316. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3. PMID 33903552.