Riodininae
Lange's Metalmark Apodemia mormo langei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked): Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Riodinidae Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribes
Eurybiini Helicopini Mesosemiini Nymphidiini Riodinini Stalachtini Symmachiini and see text

The Riodininae are the larger by far of the subfamilies of the metalmark butterfly family, Riodinidae. The latter was long united with the Lycaenidae.

A number of Riodininae genera are of uncertain affiliations^[1]. They might belong into the Helicopini, but this needs further study. Such genera incertae sedis are:

• Apodemia
• Argyrogrammana
• Astraeodes
• Callistium
• Calydna
• Comphotis
• Dianesia
• Echenais
• Echydna
• Emesis
• Imelda
• Lamphiotes
• Machaya
• Pachythone
• Petrocerus
• Pixus
• Pseudonymphidia
• Pseudotinea
• Roeberella
• Zabuella

Footnotes

1. ^ See Savela (2007) for references.

References

• Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Riodinidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2007-SEP-09.

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