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User / Rodrigo Conte / Periander Metalmark (Rhetus periander)
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Fazenda Grotão - Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Rhetus is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the Riodinidae family. They are small (wingspan 25–30 mm), fast flying, strikingly iridescent, and have long wing tails. They are found in open areas, including tracks of primary rainforest.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Riodinini
Genus: Rhetus Swainson, [1829]
Species: R. periander (Cramer, [1777])
Binomial name: Rhetus periander
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  • Taken: Sep 26, 2020
  • Uploaded: Oct 29, 2020
  • Updated: Dec 7, 2023