Chorinea

Genus of butterflies

Chorinea
Chorinea octauius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus: Chorinea
Gray, 1832
Synonyms
  • Zeonia Swainson, [1833]
  • Ethelida Westwood, 1851 (unavailable name)

Chorinea is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Chorinea amazon (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana , Brazil
  • Chorinea batesii (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana, Brazil
  • Chorinea bogota (Saunders, 1859) Guatemala, Colombia
  • Chorinea gratiosa Stichel, 1910 Ecuador
  • Chorinea heliconides (Swainson, [1833]) Brazil
  • Chorinea licursis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Chorinea octauius (Fabricius, 1787) – octauius swordtail
  • Chorinea sylphina (Bates, 1868) – sylphina angel

Pinned specimens

References

  1. ^ Chorinea, funet.fi
Taxon identifiers
Chorinea


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