Helicopis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: 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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Helicopini
Genus: Helicopis
Species: H. cupido – H. endymiaena – H. gnidus
Name

Helicopis Fabricius, 1807

Type species: Papilio cupido Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Helicopis Illiger, 1807 (suppr.)
Rusticus Hübner, 1807
Hexuropteris Hübner, 1819
Erotion Billberg, 1820

References

Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Helicopis is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae.
List of species

Helicopis gnidus (Fabricius, 1787
Helicopis cupido (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helicopis endymiaena (Hübner, [1819])

References

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