Pelolasia
| Pelolasia | |
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| Pelolasia melaphaea, Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Euselasiinae |
| Genus: | Pelolasia Grishin, 2021 |
Pelolasia is a genus of metalmarks in the butterfly family Riodinidae. There are about 25 described species in Pelolasia, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3]
Pelolasia was proposed as a new genus in 2021, formed with species primarily from the genera Eurygona and Euselasia.[1]
Species
[edit]These species belong to the genus Pelolasia:
- Pelolasia amphidecta (Godman & Salvin, 1878) (Glossed Euselasia) (Central and South America)
- Pelolasia argentea (Hewitson, 1871) (Orange-spotted Euselasia) Chiapas, Mexico, to Panama)
- Pelolasia artos (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) (South America)
- Pelolasia aurantia (A. Butler & H. Druce, 1872) (Bright-centered Euselasia) (Costa Rica to Colombia))
- Pelolasia bettina (Hewitson, 1869) (Black-topped Euselasia) (Nicaragua to Ecuador))
- Pelolasia candaria (H. Druce, 1904)
- Pelolasia cataleuca (R. Felder, 1869) (Black-edged Euselasia) (southeastern Mexico, Belize, Honduras)
- Pelolasia chrysippe (H. Bates, 1866) (Golden Euselasia) (Mexico to Colombia)
- Pelolasia euboea (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
- Pelolasia eumedia (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
- Pelolasia eumenes (Hewitson, 1853)
- Pelolasia eupatra (Seitz, 1916)
- Pelolasia eusepus (Hewitson, 1853) (Eusepus Euselasia) (Panama to southern Brazil)
- Pelolasia fervida (A. Butler, 1874) (South America)
- Pelolasia hahneli (Staudinger, 1887)
- Pelolasia ignitus (Stichel, 1924)
- Pelolasia leucophryna (Schaus, 1913) (Glowing Euselasia) (Honduras, Costa Rica)
- Pelolasia mazaca (Hewitson, 1860)
- Pelolasia melaphaea (Hübner, 1823) (South America)
- Pelolasia mirania (H. Bates, 1868)
- Pelolasia nytua (J. Hall & Willmott, 2009)
- Pelolasia pellonia (Stichel, 1919) (South America)
- Pelolasia pelor (Hewitson, 1853)
- Pelolasia rubrocilia (Lathy, 1926) (South America)
- Pelolasia seitzi (Lathy, 1926) (South America)
Gallery
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Pelolasia amphidecta, Glossed Euselasia, Colombia -
Pelolasia bettina, Black-topped Euselasia, Colombia -
Pelolasia chrysippe, Golden Euselasia, Honduras -
Pelolasia euboea, Ecuador -
Pelolasia eumenes, Ecuador -
Pelolasia eupatra, Colombia -
Pelolasia fervida, Colombia
References
[edit]- ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 9 (3). ISSN 2643-4806. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (2024). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ "GBIF, Pelolasia". Retrieved 2025-01-04.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Pelolasia at iNaturalist
Media related to Pelolasia at Wikimedia Commons
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