Caria

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: Caria
Species: (13) per Lamas, 2004: 153.
C. castalia – C. chrysame – C. domitianus – C. ino – C. mantinea – C. marsyas – C. melino – C. plutargus – C. rhacotis – C. sponsa – C. stillaticia – C. tabrenthia – C. trochilus
Name

Caria Hübner, [1823]: 14.

Type species: Caria colubris Hübner, [1823]: 14, pl. 44, figs 251, 252. By monotypy. = plutargus Fabricius, 1793. (images).
References

Hübner, J. 1808–1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmettelinge. Augsburg, 5 volumes, also by Geyer after Hübner's death. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5. 172 plates. 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.

Caria is a genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas.
Species list

Caria castalia (Ménétriés, 1855) Brazil et au Peru.
Caria chrysame (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia , Peru.
Caria domitianus (Fabricius, 1793) Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia , Trinidad and Tobago.
Caria ino Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico
Caria mantinea (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Ecuador , Peru.
Caria marsyas Godman, 1903 Paraguay , Brazil.
Caria melino Dyar, 1912 Mexico
Caria plutargus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil.
Caria rhacotis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia , Peru.
Caria sponsa (Staudinger, [1887]) Peru.
Caria stillaticia Dyar, 1912 Mexico
Caria tabrenthia Schaus, 1902 Bolivia , Peru.
Caria trochilus Erichson, [1849] Guyane, Guyana, Brazil , Peru.

Sources

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