Riodininae

Riodininae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Riodininae: //ˌraɪ.oʊˈdɪn.əˌniː//

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Images

Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo)2 by Steve Berardi. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
Mormon Metalmark Butterfly; Apodemia mormo (28117041740) by Joshua Tree National Park. Used under a Public domain license.
Riodinidae (10.3897-zookeys.729.20179) Figure 6 by Trujano-Ortega M, García-Vázquez UO, Callaghan CJ, Ávalos-Hernández O, Luis-Martínez MA, Llorente-Bousquets JE (2018) Two new genera of metalmark butterflies of North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). ZooKeys 729: 61-85. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.20179. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Apodemia mormo 2375655 by icosahedron. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Nais Metalmark Upper Miller Canyon Sierra Vista AZ 2019-07-31 10-42-19 (48441187966) by Bettina Arrigoni. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Apodemia mejicanus 27595770 by Ken-ichi Ueda. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Summary

Riodininae is the largest of the three subfamilies within the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae. It contains several tribes and is the only subfamily of Riodinidae present in the area.

Misconceptions

A second subfamily, Euselasiinae, was believed to be present in North America, but this was based on mislabelled material.

Tags

  • Riodininae
  • metalmark butterflies
  • Riodinidae
  • butterflies
  • insects
  • Lepidoptera