Cithaerias pireta, the blushing phantom, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico south to South America.
Subspecies
- Cithaerias pireta pireta (Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador)
- Cithaerias pireta aurorina <small>(Weymer, 1910)</small> (Columbia, Brazil (Amazonas))
- Cithaerias pireta aura <small>(Langer, 1943)</small> (Brazil (Amazonas, Acre))
- Cithaerias pireta aurora <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1862)</small> (Peru)
- Cithaerias pireta magdalenensis <small>Constantino, 1995</small> (Colombia)
- Cithaerias pireta tambopata <small>Lamas, 1998</small> (Peru)
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