Calydna (butterfly)

Updated on Oct 19, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Riodinidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Riodininae

Similar Argyrogrammana, Anteros, Setabis, Ithomeis, Nymphidium

Calydna is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

Species of Calydna feed, as larvae on Olacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Schoepfia, Ximenia and Conceveiba.

Species list

Calydna cabira Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil

Calydna caieta Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil

Calydna calamisa Hewitson, 1854 Brazil

Calydna candace Hewitson, 1859 Brazil

Calydna carneia Hewitson, 1859 Brazil

Calydna catana Hewitson, 1859 Venezuela, Brazil

Calydna cea Hewitson, 1859 Brazil, Peru

Calydna charila Hewitson, 1854 Brazil, Peru

Calydna fissilisima Hall, 2002 Brazil

Calydna hiria (Godart, [1824]) Brazil, Peru

Calydna jeannea Hall, 2002 Peru

Calydna lusca (Geyer, [1835]) Mexico, Peru

Calydna micra Bates, 1868 Brazil

Calydna nicolayi Hall, 2002 Peru

Calydna stolata Brévignon, 1998 French Guiana

Calydna thersander (Stoll, [1780]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil

Calydna sturnula (Geyer, 1837) Mexico, Brazil

Calydna venusta Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil

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