Kingdom Animalia Family Riodinidae Species B. basilis Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Subfamily Riodininae Scientific name Barbicornis Rank Genus | |
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Similar Chamaelimnas, Ithomeis, Chalodeta, Butterflies and moths, Cartea | ||
Paromoeocerus barbicornis coleoptera cerambycidae insectos de argentina
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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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.The imagines drink early in the morning from wet stones and places on roads or tracks and rest in day-time beneath leaves.
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