Cissia
Cissia is a genus of satyrid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
| Cissia | |
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| Penelope's ringlet (C. penelope), Trinidad | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Subtribe: | Euptychiina |
| Genus: | Cissia Doubleday, 1848 |
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Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Cissia cleophes (Godman & Salvin, 1889) – Salvin's satyr
- Cissia joyceae Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983
- Cissia penelope (Fabricius, 1775) – Penelope's ringlet
- =Cissia moneta (Weymer, 1911) [syn.]
- Cissia pompilia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – plain satyr
- Cissia proba (Weymer, 1911) – Weymer's ringlet
Plus others later transferred into genus.
Below are those moved to other genera between 1998 and 2023:
- Cissia confusa (Staudinger, 1887) – confused satyr
- Cissia labe (Butler, 1870) – rusty-spotted satyr
- Cissia lesbia (Staudinger, [1886]) – Lesbia satyr
- Cissia myncea (Cramer, 1780) – Myneca satyr
- Cissia maripa Brévignon, 2005
- Cissia palladia (Butler, 1867) – Butler's satyr
- Cissia pseudoconfusa Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983 – gold-stained satyr
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Butler's satyr (C. palladia), Trinidad
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cissia.
- "Cissia Doubleday, 1848" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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