Cithaerias

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia:Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Haeterini
Genus: Cithaerias
Species (7): C. andromeda – C. aurora – C. aurorina – C. azurina – C. bandusia – C. cliftoni – C. esmeralda – C. phantoma – C. pireta - C. pyritosa – C. pyropina – C. songoana
Name

Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Papilio andromeda Fabricius, designated by Scudder (1875).
References

Constantino 1995. Revisión de la tribu Haeterini Herrich-Schäffer, 1864 en Colombia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 23(89): 49–76. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. (1998) Lista sinonímica de los géneros Cithaerias Hübner y Haetera Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), con la descripción de dos subespecies nuevas del Perú. Revista peruana de Entomología, 40, 133–138.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Penz, C.M., Alexander, L.G. & Devries, P.J. 2014. Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 3873(5): 541–559. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.5 Reference page.

Cithaerias is a Neotropical butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species

Cithaerias andromeda (Fabricius, 1775)
Cithaerias phantoma (Fassl, 1922)
Cithaerias pireta (Stoll, [1780])
Cithaerias pyritosa (Zikán, 1942)
Cithaerias pyropina (Salvin & Godman, 1868)

References

"Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

Nymphalidae.net taxonomic list