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Ancyluris

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Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
Observations recorded2,770

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
1
Collections
UMNH, YPM, VPI, USNM, FMNH
Recorded in
Peru, Ecuador

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Parent taxon
Riodinidae
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Ancyluris formosissima.jpg
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Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

==Species list== Ancyluris aristodorus (Morisse, 1838) French Guiana, Ecuador Ancyluris aulestes (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru A. a. aulestes Suriname, Brazil, Peru A. a. eryxo (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia Peru A. a. jocularis Stichel, 1909 Colombia, Ecuador A. a. pandama (Saunders, 1850) Brazil Ancyluris colubra (Saunders, 1859) Venezuela, Brazil, Peru Ancyluris etias (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia, Suriname, Peru A. e. etias Peru A. e. gracilis Stichel, 1910 Suriname A. e. mendita (Druce, 1904) Bolivia Ancyluris formosissima (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador, Peru A. f. formosissima Ecuador A. f. venerabilis Stichel, 1916 Peru Ancyluris inca (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru A. i. inca Mexico Panama A. i. cacica (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Colombia, Peru A. i. formosa (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador A. i. huascar (Saunders, 1859) Colombia, Ecuador A. i. miranda (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia, Peru A. i. pulchra (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador Ancyluris jurgensenii (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia A. j. jurgensenii Mexico, Panama A. j. atahualpa (Saunders, 1859) Colombia Ancyluris meliboeus (Fabricius, 1777) A. m. meliboeus French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru A. m. euaemon Stichel, 1910 Colombia, Bolivia, Peru A. m. julia (Saunders, 1850) Brazil Ancyluris melior Stichel, 1910 Brazil, Peru Ancyluris miniola (Bates, 1868) Brazil Ancyluris mira (Hewitson, 1874) Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru A. m. mira Bolivia, Peru A. m. furia Stichel, 1925 Colombia, Ecuador A. m. thaumasia Stichel, 1910 Bolivia Ancyluris paramba D'Abrera, 1994 Ecuador Ancyluris paetula Stichel, 1916 Peru Ancyluris rubrofilum Stichel, 1909 Bolivia Ancyluris tedea (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Peru A. t. tedea Suriname A. t. silvicultrix Stichel, 1909 Bolivia, Peru

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