Thyridia

Melantho tigerwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Ithomiini
Genus:	Thyridia; Hübner, 1816
Species:	T. psidii
Binomial name
	Thyridia psidii; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Genus: Xanthocleis Boisduval, 1870; Aprotopus Kirby, 1871; Aprotopos Kirby, 1871; Species: Papilio psidii Linnaeus, 1758; Xanthocleis psidii Lewis, 1974; Thyridia psidii Lamas, 1999;

Thyridia is a monotypic[1] genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1816. Its only species is Thyridia psidii, the Melantho tigerwing or clapping ticlear.[2] It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae and is found in the Neotropical zone.

Subspecies

Arranged alphabetically:

T. p. aedesia Doubleday, [1847]
T. p. cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914)
T. p. hippodamia (Fabricius, 1775)
T. p. ino C. & R. Felder, 1862
T. p. melantho Bates, 1866[3]
T. p. pallida Godman & Salvin, 1898
T. p. psidii (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

"Thyridia Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p.144.
Thyridia psidii melantho H. Bates, 1866 (Melantho Tigerwing), Butterflies of America

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[1] "Thyridia Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. p.144.

[3] Thyridia psidii melantho H. Bates, 1866 (Melantho Tigerwing), Butterflies of America