Veladyris
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Genus: | Veladyris Fox, 1945
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Species: | V. pardalis
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Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Subspecies
- V. p. pardalis (Ecuador)
- V. p. aurea Lamas, 1980 (Ecuador)
- V. p. christina Lamas, 1980 (Peru)
- V. p. cytharista (Hewitson, 1874) (Peru)
- V. p. totumbra (Kaye, 1919) (Peru)
There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.
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