Argyrogrammana amalfreda

Argyrogrammana amalfreda
	illustration accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Argyrogrammana
Species:	A. amalfreda
Binomial name
	Argyrogrammana amalfreda; (Staudinger, [1887])

Argyrogrammana amalfreda described by Otto Staudinger in 1887 is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae^[2] It is endemic to Peru.

Description

The whole hindwing, except the border, and the proximal half of the forewing are red with small fine black spots. In the black distal half of the forewing is a smalt-like spot; before the border a metallic line. images.

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References

^ "Argyrogrammana Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter , 333 pp. 100 pls.
^ Seitz after Hans Stichel Mss., 1913. Family: Riodinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..

[1] "Argyrogrammana Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter , 333 pp. 100 pls.

[3] Seitz after Hans Stichel Mss., 1913. Family: Riodinidae. In A. Seitz (editor), Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..

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