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Hermathena candidata

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Hermathena candidata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Mesosemiini
Genus: Hermathena
Species:
H. candidata
Binomial name
Hermathena candidata
(Hewitson, 1874)

Hermathena candidata is a species of butterfly in genus Hermathena of the family Riodinidae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia, the Guianas and Bolivia east of Andes.

The larvae feed on Vriesea species.

Subspecies

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  • Hermathena candidata candidata (Bolivia)
  • Hermathena candidata columba Stichel, 1910 (Colombia)

References

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  • Hewitson, William Chapman (1876), Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson, Volume 5.
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