Cartea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Cartea
Species: C. chiribiquetensis – C. ucayala – C. vitula
Name

Cartea Kirby, 1871

Type species: Limnas vitula Hewitson, 1853
Synonyms

Orestias C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862

References

Salazar, E, J.A. & Constantino, L.M., 2007: New species of (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae) in Colombia. Boletín Científico Museo de Historia Natural de Caldas, 11 (1): 167–186. Full article: [1]

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

Cartea ucayala Thieme, 1907 Peru.
Cartea vitula (Hewitson, [1852]) Brazil.

Sources

Cartea