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Ithomiola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Riodinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Riodininae

Ithomiola

Similar
  
Hermathena, Napaea, Ithomeis, Argyrogrammana, Anteros

Ithomiola is a butterfly genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical ecozone.

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Species

  • Ithomiola buckleyi Hall & Willmott, 1998 present in Ecuador and Peru
  • Ithomiola callixena (Hewitson, 1870 present in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru
  • Ithomiola cascella (Hewitson, 1870) present in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru
  • Ithomiola celtilla (Hewitson, 1870) present in Ecuador
  • Ithomiola floralis C. & R. Felder, [1865] present in French Guiana, Suriname and Bolivia
  • Ithomiola rubrolineata Lathy, 1904 present in Peru

    • Biology

    Known as the glasswing mimic, Ithomiola floralis is protected by resembling Ithomiinae species.

    Sources

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    • References

    Ithomiola Wikipedia
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