Lemonias stalachtioides

Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 

There's a mimicry relationship between this species and some species in the genus Stalachtis which have very similar wing patterns.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Riodinidae

Subfamily: Riodininae

Tribe: Nymphidiini

Subtribe: Lemoniadina

Genus: Lemonias Hübner, [1807]

Species: L. stalachtioides (A. Butler, 1867)

Binomial name: Lemonias stalachtioides

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