Cithaerias andromeda, the Andromeda satyr, is a species of
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found from
Suriname,
French Guiana,
Venezuela,
Peru,
Bolivia and
Brazil. Differentiation between subspecies and their corresponding sex is possible through variation in wing pattern as well as genitalia. The presence of brown bands in the hind wings of C. andromeda and a corpus bursae are common features in these female butterflies.[2]
Subspecies
Cithaerias andromeda andromeda (Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Pará)
^Penz, Carla M. (2021). "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". Zootaxa. 4963 (2): 293–316.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3.
PMID33903552.