Hermathena (butterfly)

Hermathena
Hermathena candidata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Mesosemiini
Genus:	Hermathena Hewitson, 1874

Hermathena is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae containing a total of three known species. A small Neotropical genus of uncommon montane butterflies. The larvae feed on bromeliads.

Species

• Hermathena candidata Hewitson, 1874
• Hermathena eburna Hall & Harvey, 2005
• Hermathena oweni Schaus, 1913

References

• Hewitson, William Chapman (1876). Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Vol. 5.
• Hall, J. P. W. (2005). A Phylogenetic Revision of the Napaeina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini). Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC. 235 pp.
• Lamas G, ed. (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

External links

• Tree of Life web project: Hermathena
• Hermathena - Butterflies and Moths of the World
• Hermathena genus information by Markku Savela