Stalachtis

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: Stalachtini
Genus: Stalachtis
Species: S. calliope – S. eugenia – S. euterpe – S. halloweeni – S. lineata – S. magdalena – S. phaedusa – S. phlegia
Name

Stalachtis Hübner, 1818

Type species: Stalachtis phaedusa Hübner, 1818
Synonyms

Nerias Boisduval, 1836

Stalachtis phaedusa

References

Gallard, J.Y. & Fernandez, S. 2015a. Stalachtis calliope (Linné, 1758) : deux espèces confondues en Guyane francaise et au Surinam (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 120(3): 335–340. Reference page.
Jason P.W. Hall, 2003, Systematic Entomology 28 (1): 23–37 [1]
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. Stalachtis is a genus of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). It is currently the only member of the tribe Stalachtini,[1] but many metalmark butterflies are yet to be unequivocally assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.

They are essentially limited to the Amazon biome and the surrounding regions. They are part of complex mimicry rings with Ithomeis, Heliconius and Ithomiinae.
Selected species

Stalachtis calliope
Stalachtis euterpe
Stalachtis halloweeni
Stalachtis magdalena
Stalachtis phaedusa
Stalachtis phlegia

References

"Riodinidae". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 19 December 2016