Calydna (butterfly)

Calydna
	Calydna species from Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Calydna; Doubleday, 1847
Species
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Calydna is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

Species of Calydna feed, as larvae on Olacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Schoepfia, Ximenia and Conceveiba.

Species list

Calydna cabira Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
Calydna caieta Hewitson, 1854 French Guiana, Brazil
Calydna calamisa Hewitson, 1854 Brazil
Calydna candace Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
Calydna carneia Hewitson, 1859 Brazil
Calydna catana Hewitson, 1859 Venezuela, Brazil
Calydna cea Hewitson, 1859 Brazil, Peru
Calydna charila Hewitson, 1854 Brazil, Peru
Calydna fissilisima Hall, 2002 Brazil
Calydna hiria (Godart, [1824]) Brazil, Peru
Calydna jeannea Hall, 2002 Peru
Calydna lusca (Geyer, [1835]) Mexico, Peru
Calydna micra Bates, 1868 Brazil
Calydna nicolayi Hall, 2002 Peru
Calydna stolata Brévignon, 1998 French Guiana
Calydna thersander (Stoll, [1780]) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
Calydna sturnula (Geyer, 1837) Mexico, Brazil
Calydna venusta Godman & Salvin, [1886] Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil