Afriodinia
Genus of butterflies
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Afriodinia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Species in the genus were formerly placed in the genus Abisara which was found to be polyphyletic.[1] The genus Abisara is now found only in Asia while Afriodinia is Afrotropical.[2]
| Afriodinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemeobiinae |
| Genus: | Afriodinia d'Abrera, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Papilio gerontes Fabricius, 1781 | |
The species that are included in the genus are:[3][4]
- Afriodinia caeca (Rebel, 1914)
- Afriodinia cameroonensis (Callaghan, 2003)
- Afriodinia delicata (Lathy, 1901)
- Afriodinia gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)
- Afriodinia intermedia (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Afriodinia lico (Collins, 1990)
- Afriodinia neavei (Riley, 1932)
- Afriodinia rogersi (Druce, 1878)
- Afriodinia rutherfordii (Hewitson, 1874)
- Afriodinia talantus (Aurivillius, 1891)
- Afriodinia tantalus (Hewitson, 1861)
- Afriodinia zanzibarica (Collins, 1990)