Veladyris

Veladyris is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Fox in 1945. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Veladyris pardalis, which is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Subspecies

• V. p. pardalis (Ecuador)
• V. p. aurea <small>Lamas, 1980</small> (Ecuador)
• V. p. christina <small>Lamas, 1980</small> (Peru)
• V. p. cytharista <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small> (Peru)
• V. p. totumbra <small>(Kaye, 1919)</small> (Peru)

There is one more undescribed subspecies from Peru.

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