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Symmachia
Symmachia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
This genus is distinguished by a strong bulging-out of the costa of the forewing of the males, this characteristic bulge recedes in but few species, presumably owing to a mimetic transformation. This widening of the forewing is accompanied by a peculiar flight resembling that of Thecla, which becomes very conspicuous in the non-mimetic species, whereas in the mimetic species it is replaced by that of the causal originals to which reference is made in the single species, and which may more correctly be eliminated from the genus. They are more closely allied to the Gricosoma than the non-mimetic species, but we shall here give the precedence to the more typical forms. Many Symmachia are great rarities, and they are extremely peculiar in the shape as well as in the colouring. They fly in the day time, not continuously, and rest beneath leaves.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Feathered Fiestamark
speciesSymmachia accusatrix
Symmachia tricolor
speciesSymmachia tricolor
Symmachia rubina
speciesSymmachia rubina
Symmachia titiana
speciesSymmachia titiana
Symmachia menetas
speciesSymmachia menetas
Symmachia estellina
speciesSymmachia estellina
Symmachia leena
speciesSymmachia leena
Symmachia hypochloris
speciesSymmachia hypochloris
Symmachia championi
speciesSymmachia championi
Symmachia falcistriga
speciesSymmachia falcistriga
Symmachia probetor
speciesSymmachia probetor
Symmachia miron
speciesSymmachia miron
Symmachia threissa
speciesSymmachia threissa
Symmachia batesi
speciesSymmachia batesi
Symmachia calligrapha
speciesSymmachia calligrapha
Symmachia atlantica
speciesSymmachia atlantica
Symmachia belti
speciesSymmachia belti
Symmachia basilissa
speciesSymmachia basilissa
Symmachia multesima
speciesSymmachia multesima
Symmachia hetaerina
speciesSymmachia hetaerina
Symmachia nemesis
speciesSymmachia nemesis
Symmachia pardalia
speciesSymmachia pardalia
Symmachia pena
speciesSymmachia pena
Symmachia norina
speciesSymmachia norina
Symmachia hippea
speciesSymmachia hippea
Symmachia praxila
speciesSymmachia praxila
Symmachia juratrix
speciesSymmachia juratrix
Symmachia triangularis
speciesSymmachia triangularis
Symmachia suevia
speciesSymmachia suevia
Symmachia leopardinum
speciesSymmachia leopardinum
Symmachia uirassu
speciesSymmachia uirassu
Symmachia calliste
speciesSymmachia calliste
Symmachia calderoni
speciesSymmachia calderoni
Symmachia busbyi
speciesSymmachia busbyi
Symmachia maeonius
speciesSymmachia maeonius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 247839.