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Atlides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Tribe
  
Eumaeini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Theclinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Great purple hairstreak, Calycopis, Butterflies and moths, Theritas, Pseudolycaena

Great purple hairstreak atlides halesus


Atlides is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). Among these, it belongs belong to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies are widespread in the Americas, occurring almost anywhere between the southern United States and Argentina.

Contents

Borboleta atlides


Species

17 named and 5 (or more) undescribed species are known or assumed to belong to this genus:

  • Atlides atys (Cramer, [1779])
  • Atlides bacis (Godman & Salvin, [1887])
  • Atlides browni Constantino, Salazar & Johnson, 1993
  • Atlides carpasia (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Atlides cosa (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Atlides dahnersi Bálint, Constantino & Johnson, 2003
  • Atlides gaumeri (Godman, [1901])
  • Atlides halesus – great purple hairstreak, great blue hairstreak
  • Atlides halljasoni Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2006
  • Atlides havila (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Atlides inachus (Cramer, [1775])
  • Atlides misma D'Abrera, 1995
  • Atlides polama (Schaus, 1902)
  • Atlides polybe (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Atlides rustan (Stoll, [1790])
  • Atlides thargelia (Burmeister, 1878)
  • Atlides zava (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Atlides sp. 'Bahia'
  • Atlides sp. 'Colombia'
  • Atlides sp. 'Costa Rica'
  • Atlides sp. 'Ecuador'
  • Atlides sp. 'Peru'

    • A. thargelia was recently proposed for separation as monotypic genus "Riojana", but it was subsequently argued to be a nomen nudum per Article 13.1 of the ICZN Code, because an appropriate genus description was not given. The matter has been submitted to the ICZN for discussion. Regardless the questions of nomenclature, A. thargelia is for the time being retained here; given that several undescribed relatives are known to exist, splitting off monotypic lineages now runs risk of leaving the remaining group paraphyletic.

    References

    Atlides Wikipedia
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