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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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Eurybiini
Subtribus: Mesosemiina
Genus: Leucochimona
Species: L. aequatorialis – L. anophthalma – L. hyphea – L. icare – L. iphias – L. lagora – L. lepida – L. libna – L. matisca – L. molina – L. vestalis
Name

Leucochimona Stichel, 1909

Type species: Papilio philemon Cramer, 1775
References
Additional references

Brévignon, C. 2013. Description de nouveaux Mesosemiina de Guyane française (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae, Mesosemiini) Deuxième partie. Lambillionea 113(2): 167–173. Reference page.
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.

Leucochimona is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Species

Leucochimona aequatorialis (Seitz, 1913) present in Ecuador
Leucochimona icare (Hübner, [1819]) present in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil
Leucochimona hyphea (Cramer, 1776) present in Guyana and Peru
Leucochimona iphias Stichel, 1909 present in Panama
Leucochimona lagora (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]) present in Panama, Nicaragua, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil
Leucochimona lepida (Godman & Salvin, [1885]) present in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Panama
Leucochimona matisca (Hewitson, 1860) present in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
Leucochimona molina (Godman & Salvin, [1885]) present in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
Leucochimona vestalis (Bates, 1865) present in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Panama

Sources

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