Ancyluris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Ancyluris
Species: A. aristodorus – A. aulestes – A. colubra – A. etias – A. formosissima – A. inca – A. jurgensenii – A. lais – A. meliboeus – A. melior – A. miniola – A. mira – A. paetula – A. paramba – A. pomposa – A. rubrofilum – A. tedea
Name

Ancyluris Hübner, 1819.

Type species: Ancyluris pyrete Hübner, 1819: 23, by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875: 112.
Synonymy

Ancyluris Hübner, 1819: 23; Hemming, 1967: 43.
Melibaea Saunders, 1859: 96, (preoccupied by Melibaea Forbes, 1838 (Mollusca)).

References

Brévignon, C. 2019. Description de nouveaux Riodinidae de Guyane et du Brésil, et changements taxonomiques dans le genre Pseudolivendula (Lepidoptera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 124(3): 307‑324. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2023 Paywall. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Constantino, L.M., Salazar-Escobar, J.A., Rodríguez, G. 2012. Study on the Ancyluris Hübner 1819 genus in Colombia and description of new taxa. (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Boletín Científico del Centro de Museos de Historia Natural, 16(2): 209–235. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Costa, M., Viloria, A.L., Attal, S., Neild, A.F.E., Fratello, S.A., Callaghan, C.J. & Gallard, J.Y. 2017. Lepidoptera del Pantepui. Parte IV. Nuevos Riodinidae Riodininae y Pieridae Pierinae. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 122(3): 269–286. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Saunders, W.W. [1859]. On the Genus Erycina Linn. with Descriptions of some New Species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)5(9): 94-110, pl. 10,11. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.

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Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.
Species list

Ancyluris aristodorus (Morisse, 1838) French Guiana, Ecuador
Ancyluris aulestes (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
A. a. aulestes Suriname, Brazil, Peru
A. a. eryxo (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia Peru
A. a. jocularis Stichel, 1909 Colombia, Ecuador
A. a. pandama (Saunders, 1850) Brazil
Ancyluris colubra (Saunders, 1859) Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
Ancyluris etias (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia, Suriname, Peru
A. e. etias Peru
A. e. gracilis Stichel, 1910 Suriname
A. e. mendita (Druce, 1904) Bolivia
Ancyluris formosissima (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador, Peru
A. f. formosissima Ecuador
A. f. venerabilis Stichel, 1916 Peru
Ancyluris inca (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
A. i. inca Mexico Panama
A. i. cacica (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Colombia, Peru
A. i. formosa (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
A. i. huascar (Saunders, 1859) Colombia, Ecuador
A. i. miranda (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia, Peru
A. i. pulchra (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
Ancyluris jurgensenii (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia
A. j. jurgensenii Mexico, Panama
A. j. atahualpa (Saunders, 1859) Colombia
Ancyluris meliboeus (Fabricius, 1777)
A. m. meliboeus French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru
A. m. euaemon Stichel, 1910 Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
A. m. julia (Saunders, 1850) Brazil
Ancyluris melior Stichel, 1910 Brazil, Peru
Ancyluris miniola (Bates, 1868) Brazil
Ancyluris mira (Hewitson, 1874) Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
A. m. mira Bolivia, Peru
A. m. furia Stichel, 1925 Colombia, Ecuador
A. m. thaumasia Stichel, 1910 Bolivia
Ancyluris paramba D'Abrera, 1994 Ecuador
Ancyluris paetula Stichel, 1916 Peru
Ancyluris rubrofilum Stichel, 1909 Bolivia
Ancyluris tedea (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Peru
A. t. tedea Suriname
A. t. silvicultrix Stichel, 1909 Bolivia, Peru

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