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Altopedaliodes

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Altopedaliodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Pronophilina
Genus: Altopedaliodes
Forster, 1964
Type species
Pronophila tena
Hewitson, 1869

Altopedialiodes is a genus of satyrid butterflies.[1]

The type species, by original designation, is Pronophila tena Hewitson, 1869. [2]

There are ten recognised species in the Neotropics, including one undescribed species.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Altopedaliodes Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Forster (1964) Veröff. zool. Staatssamml. München 8:148 (in foot-note), figs
  3. ^ Gerardo Lamas 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. CheckList: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea Scientific Publishers.