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Pelolasia
Pelolasia melaphaea, Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Euselasiinae
Genus:	Pelolasia Grishin, 2021

Pelolasia is a genus of metalmarks in the butterfly family Riodinidae. There are about 25 described species in Pelolasia, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Pelolasia was proposed as a new genus in 2021, formed with species primarily from the genera Eurygona and Euselasia.

Species

These species belong to the genus Pelolasia:

• Pelolasia amphidecta (Godman & Salvin, 1878) (Glossed Euselasia) (Central and South America)
• Pelolasia argentea (Hewitson, 1871) (Orange-spotted Euselasia) Chiapas, Mexico to Panama)
• Pelolasia artos (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) (South America)
• Pelolasia aurantia (A. Butler & H. Druce, 1872) (Bright-centered Euselasia) (Costa Rica to Colombia))
• Pelolasia bettina (Hewitson, 1869) (Black-topped Euselasia) (Nicaragua to Ecuador))
• Pelolasia candaria (H. Druce, 1904)
• Pelolasia cataleuca (R. Felder, 1869) (Black-edged Euselasia) (southeastern Mexico, Belize, Honduras)
• Pelolasia chrysippe (H. Bates, 1866) (Golden Euselasia) (Mexico to Colombia)
• Pelolasia euboea (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
• Pelolasia eumedia (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
• Pelolasia eumenes (Hewitson, 1853)
• Pelolasia eupatra (Seitz, 1916)
• Pelolasia eusepus (Hewitson, 1853) (Eusepus Euselasia) (Panama to southern Brazil)
• Pelolasia fervida (A. Butler, 1874) (South America)
• Pelolasia hahneli (Staudinger, 1887)
• Pelolasia ignitus (Stichel, 1924)
• Pelolasia leucophryna (Schaus, 1913) (Glowing Euselasia) (Honduras, Costa Rica)
• Pelolasia mazaca (Hewitson, 1860)
• Pelolasia melaphaea (Hübner, 1823) (South America)
• Pelolasia mirania (H. Bates, 1868)
• Pelolasia nytua (J. Hall & Willmott, 2009)
• Pelolasia pellonia (Stichel, 1919) (South America)
• Pelolasia pelor (Hewitson, 1853)
• Pelolasia rubrocilia (Lathy, 1926) (South America)
• Pelolasia seitzi (Lathy, 1926) (South America)

• Pelolasia amphidecta, Glossed Euselasia, Colombia
• Pelolasia bettina, Black-topped Euselasia, Colombia
• Pelolasia chrysippe, Golden Euselasia, Honduras
• Pelolasia euboea, Ecuador
• Pelolasia eumenes, Ecuador
• Pelolasia eupatra, Colombia
• Pelolasia fervida, Colombia

References

1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 9 (3). ISSN 2643-4806. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
2. Pelham, Jonathan P. (2024). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
3. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2019). "Changes to North American butterfly names" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8 (2). ISSN 2643-4806.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Pelolasia at iNaturalist

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