Biology:Helicopini

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Short description: Tribe of butterflies

Helicopini
Helicopis cupido (2872475938).jpg
Helicopis cupido
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Helicopini
Reuter 1897
Genera

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The Helicopini are a tribe of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae).

Genera

  • Anteros Hübner, [1819]
  • Helicopis Fabricius, 1807
  • Ourocnemis Baker, 1887
  • Sarota Westwood, [1851]

As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary. In fact, it is likely that the bulk of the Riodinidae incertae sedis belongs into this group.[1]

Footnotes

  1. See Savela (2007) for references.

References

Further reading

  • Révision du genre Helicopis (Erycinidae) E. Le Moult Paris : Novitates Entomologicae, 1939.

Wikidata ☰ Q1863183 entry