Nahida

Nahida coenoides
Nahida coenoides Hewitson's plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Nahida Kirby, 1871
Species:	N. coenoides
Binomial name
Nahida coenoides ( Hewitson, 1870)
Synonyms
Threnodes Hewitson, 1870 (preocc. Duponchel, 1845) Threnodes coenoides Hewitson, 1870 Nahida coenoides f. trochoides Stichel, 1929 Ithomeis coenoides ecuadorica Strand, 1911 Threnodes coenoides trochois Hewitson, 1877

Nahida coenoides is the sole species in the monotypic genus Nahida in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical ecozone.

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:

• N. c. coenoides Ecuador
• N. c. ecuadorica (Strand, 1911) Ecuador
• N. c. trochois (Hewitson, 1877) Ecuador

Sources

• Nahida at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

External links

• TOL

• Naheda at Butterflies of America Holotype images.