Interesting Facts
Description
Family Riodinidae
'The Riodinidae are members
of the Superfamily
Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. They typically thrive in the tropical
latitudes
, especially those of the Americas, and approximately 1,300 species are known. Small to medium in size, metalmarks vary widely in their patterns
, behavior, and postures. Males have reduced front legs
that are not used for walking, and females have three pairs of walking legs. Adults
usually perch with their wings
spread
open or cocked slightly, while many tropical species habitually perch upside down
on large leaves. Males locate mates by perching
, rather than patrolling
. Egg
shape
varies widely, but caterpillars are typically slug-shaped. Metalmarks overwinter
in the larval or pupal stage.
'[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Riodinidae
()
- Metalmarks
- Genus:
Anatole
()
- Specific name:
zygia
- Hübner 1806
- Scientific name: - Anatole zygia Hübner 1806
- Specific name:
zygia
- Hübner 1806
- Genus:
Anatole
(
- Family:
Riodinidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anatole
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Further Reading
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 292.
Notes
Contributors
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7730792
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-191607.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1597221
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=17&sci=Riodinidae&com=Metalmarks [back]
