Cissia

For the ancient area in southwestern Persia, see Cissia (area).

Cissia
Penelope's ringlet (C. penelope), Trinidad
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Euptychiina
Genus:	Cissia Doubleday, 1848
Synonyms
Argyreuptychia Forster, 1964 Vareuptychia Forster, 1964

Cissia is a genus of satyrid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

• Cissia cleophes (Godman & Salvin, 1889) – Salvin's satyr
• Cissia eous (Butler, 1867) - brown satyr
• Cissia joyceae Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983
• Cissia penelope (Fabricius, 1775) – Penelope's ringlet
  • =Cissia moneta (Weymer, 1911) [syn.]
• Cissia pompilia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – plain satyr
• Cissia proba (Weymer, 1911) – Weymer's ringlet

Plus others later transferred into genus.

Below are those moved to other genera between 1998 and 2023:

• Cissia confusa (Staudinger, 1887) – confused satyr
• Cissia labe (Butler, 1870) – rusty-spotted satyr
• Cissia lesbia (Staudinger, [1886]) – Lesbia satyr
• Cissia myncea (Cramer, 1780) – Myneca satyr
• Cissia maripa Brévignon, 2005
• Cissia palladia (Butler, 1867) – Butler's satyr
• Cissia pseudoconfusa Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983 – gold-stained satyr

• 
  Butler's satyr (C. palladia), Trinidad

References

1. "Cissia Doubleday, 1848" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms