Biology:Caria (butterfly)

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Caria
C. rhacotis male Honduran metalmark
C. mantinea lampeto Lampeto metalmark both Anton Valley, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Caria Hübner, 1823
Species
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Caria Castalia Mantinea Pérez Zeledon, Costa Rica

Caria is a genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas.

Species list

• Caria castalia (Ménétriés, 1855) Brazil et au Peru.
• Caria chrysame (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia , Peru.
• Caria domitianus (Fabricius, 1793) Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia , Trinidad and Tobago.
• Caria ino Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico
• Caria mantinea (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Ecuador , Peru.
• Caria marsyas Godman, 1903 Paraguay , Brazil .
• Caria melino Dyar, 1912 Mexico
• Caria plutargus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil .
• Caria rhacotis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia , Peru.
• Caria sponsa (Staudinger, [1887]) Peru.
• Caria stillaticia Dyar, 1912 Mexico
• Caria tabrenthia Schaus, 1902 Bolivia , Peru.
• Caria trochilus Erichson, [1849] Guyane, Guyana, Brazil , Peru.

Sources

• Caria

External links

• images representing Caria at Encyclopedia of Life
• images representing Caria at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q1759972 entry