Cithaerias pireta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cithaerias |
| Species: | C. pireta |
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| Cithaerias pireta | |
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Cithaerias pireta, the blushing phantom, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America.[2]
Subspecies
- Cithaerias pireta pireta (Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador)
- Cithaerias pireta aurorina (Weymer, 1910) (Columbia, Brazil (Amazonas))
- Cithaerias pireta aura (Langer, 1943) (Brazil (Amazonas, Acre))
- Cithaerias pireta aurora (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru)
- Cithaerias pireta magdalenensis Constantino, 1995 (Colombia)
- Cithaerias pireta tambopata Lamas, 1998 (Peru)
References
- ^ "Cithaerias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia - Cithaerias pireta[usurped]