Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Veladyris
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Veladyris

Fox, 1945
Species:
V. pardalis
Binomial name
Veladyris pardalis
(Salvin, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ithomia pardalis Salvin, 1869
  • Ithomia cytharista Hewitson, 1874
  • Velamysta pardalis totumbra Kaye, 1919

Subspecies

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  • V. p. pardalis (Ecuador)
  • V. p. aurea Lamas, 1980 (Ecuador)
  • V. p. christina Lamas, 1980 (Peru)
  • V. p. cytharista (Hewitson, 1874) (Peru)
  • V. p. totumbra (Kaye, 1919) (Peru)

There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.

References

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  1. ^ Veladyris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms