Voltinia (butterfly)

Voltinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Mesosemiini
Genus: Voltinia
Stichel, 1910
Synonyms
  • Eucora Schaus, 1902 (non Hübner, [1823]: preoccupied)
  • Eucorna Strand, 1932

Voltinia is a genus of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). The genus was erected by Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel in 1910. Even including Eucorna, which some authors consider a distinct genus, it contains only a few species:

  • Voltinia dramba Hall, Robbins & Harvey 2004 (fossil)
  • Voltinia radiata (Godman & Salvin, [1886])
  • Voltinia sanarita (Schaus, 1902)
  • Voltinia theata Stichel, 1910

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