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Stalachtis
Sign in to saveStalachtis is a genus of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). It is currently the only member of the tribe Stalachtini, but many metalmark butterflies are yet to be unequivocally assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
Species
Dotted Prince
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyRiodinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Riodinidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, FMNH, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Panama, Colombia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Riodinidae
- Image
- Halachtis.JPG
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- taxon name
- Stalachtis
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Stalachtis
- Commons category
- Stalachtis
- taxonomic type
- Stalachtis phaedusa
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Stalachtis is a genus of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). It is currently the only member of the tribe Stalachtini, but many metalmark butterflies are yet to be unequivocally assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
They are essentially limited to the Amazon biome and the surrounding regions. They are part of complex mimicry rings with Ithomeis, Heliconius and Ithomiinae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stalachtis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.