Callithomia
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Callithomia is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine
) butterflies, named by Bates in 1862. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
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Ithomiini
Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily . These butterflies are exclusively Neotropical, found in humid forests from sea-level to 3000 m, from the southwestern United States to Argentina...
) butterflies, named by Bates in 1862. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
Arranged alphabetically.- Callithomia alexirrhoe Bates, 1862
- Callithomia hezia (Hewitson, [1854])
- Callithomia leneaCallithomia leneaCallithomia lenea is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Central and South America.-Subspecies:*Callithomia lenea lenea...
(Cramer, [1779])