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| Lasaia agesilas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Riodinini |
| Genus: | Lasaia H. Bates, 1868 |
Lasaia is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in Lasaia, found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Lasaia:
- Lasaia aerugo Clench, 1972
- Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, 1813)
- Lasaia arsis Staudinger, 1888
- Lasaia incoides (Schaus, 1902)
- Lasaia maria Clench, 1971
- Lasaia meris Cramer, 1781
- Lasaia moeros Staudinger, 1888
- Lasaia narses Staudinger, 1888
- Lasaia oileus Godman, 1903
- Lasaia pseudomeris Clench, 1971
- Lasaia scotina Stichel, 1910
- Lasaia sessilis Schaus, 1890
- Lasaia sula Staudinger, 1888 (blue metalmark)
References
- "Lasaia report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- "Lasaia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- "Lasaia genus information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Savela, Markku (June 13, 2015). "Lasaia Bates, 1868". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
Further reading
- Clench, Harry H. (1972). "A review of the genus Lasaia (Riodinidae)". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 10 (2): 149–180. ISSN 0022-4324.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
Media related to Lasaia at Wikimedia Commons
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