Euselasia thucydides information

Euselasia thucydides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Euselasia
Species:	E. thucydides
Binomial name
	Euselasia thucydides; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Hesperia thucydides Fabricius, 1793; Psalidopteris nycha Hübner, [1823]; Papilio arisbas Dalman, 1823; Euselasia thucydides mutica Stichel, 1925;

Euselasia thucydides is a species of metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. It is found in Brazil. Subspecies thucydides is found in eastern Brazil, ranging from Santa Catarina to Bahia and the Zona do Mato in eastern Minas Gerais, while ssp. truncata ranges through the central Planalto in Goias south east to the Serra do Cipo and to north central São Paulo.

The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm.^[2]

^ Euselasia at funet
^ New riodinids from the Central Brazilian plateau (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)

[1] Euselasia at funet

[2] New riodinids from the Central Brazilian plateau (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)