Brachyglenis
| Brachyglenis | |
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| Brachyglenis and other Riodinidae depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Riodinini |
| Genus: | C. & R. Felder, [1862] |
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Brachyglenis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae,[1] which is found only in the Neotropical realm.
Species
Six species are currently recognised:[2]
- Brachyglenis colaxes (Hewitson, 1870)
- Brachyglenis dinora (Bates, 1866) present in Nicaragua and Colombia
- Brachyglenis dodona Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Mexico and Panama
- Brachyglenis drymo (Godman & Salvin, 1886) present in Brazil
- Brachyglenis esthema C. & R. Felder, 1862 present in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
- Brachyglenis trichroma (Seitz, 1920)
References
- ^ Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
- ^ Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Brachyglenis Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1862". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
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