Anteros is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae. The species of this genus are immediately recognizable by the under surface in which small, brown or black-bordered spots with metallic centres stand on the light yellow ground. The upper surface is mostly black with a yellowish central spot. Morphologically, the species are distinguished by two characteristics:by the long cilia at the anal angle of the hindwing and by dense, brightly coloured flocks of hair at the legs. Most of the species are not common; they mostly rest on the under surface of leaves with their wings spread out, but sometimes they clap their wings together above the back.
List of species
- Anteros acheus <small>(Stoll, 1781)</small> Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil
- Anteros aerosus <small>Stichel, 1924</small> Guyana, Brazil
- Anteros allectus <small>Westwood, 1851</small> Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
- Anteros aurigans <small>Gallard & Brévignon, 1989</small> French Guiana
- Anteros bracteata <small>Hewitson, 1867</small> Brazil
- Anteros carausius <small>Westwood, 1851</small> Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia
- Anteros chrysoprasta <small>Hewitson, 1867</small> Panama, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru
- Anteros cruentatus <small>Stichel, 1911</small> Bolivia
- Anteros formosus <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> Panama, Honduras, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
- Anteros gentilis <small>(Rebillard, 1958)</small> Peru
- Anteros kupris <small>Hewitson, 1875</small> Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
- Anteros lectabilis <small>Stichel, 1909</small> Brazil
- Anteros nubosus <small>Hall & Willmott, 1995</small> Ecuador
- Anteros otho <small>Westwood, 1851</small> Brazil
- Anteros principalis <small>Hopffer, 1874</small> Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Anteros renaldus <small>(Stoll, [1790])</small> Suriname, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil
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