Leucochimona icare

Leucochimona icare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Leucochimona
Species: L. icare
Binomial name
Leucochimona icare
(Hübner, [1819])
Synonyms
  • Mesosemia icare Hübner, [1819]
  • Papilio philemon Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio icarus Fabricius, 1776 (preocc. Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Mesosemia chionea Godman & Salvin, [1885]
  • Mesosemia matatha Hewitson, 1873
  • Mesosemia nivea Godman & Salvin, [1885]
  • Diophthalma icare subalbata Seitz, 1913

Leucochimona icare is a species of butterfly in the Riodinidae family. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

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