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Helicopini

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Helicopini
Helicopis cupido
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Riodininae
Tribe: Helicopini
Reuter 1897
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The Helicopini are a tribe of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae).

Genera

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As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary. In fact, it is likely that the bulk of the Riodinidae incertae sedis belongs into this group.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ See Savela (2007) for references.

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