Ourocnemis
| Ourocnemis | |
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| Mounted Ourocnemis from Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Riodininae |
| Tribe: | Helicopini |
| Genus: | Ourocnemis Baker, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Anteros axiochus Hewitson, 1867[1] | |
Ourocnemis is a genus of butterflies.
Description
Ourocnemis was first described by George T. Baker in the 1887 edition of The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.[1] Members of this genus have robust bodies, heads that are squared with their bodies, and labial palpi that are deflated or clubbed.[1][2] Their antennae are brown.[2] All six of their stout legs are covered in long hairy tufts; the fifth segment on the middle pair of legs having especially long tufts.[1]
Taxonomy
Ourocnemis contains the following species:[3]
- Ourocnemis archytas Le Cerf, 1911
- Ourocnemis boulleti (Stoll, 1791)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Baker, George T. (2025-03-02). "Description of a new genus of Rhopalocera allied to Anteros, Hew". The Transaction of the Entomological Society of London: 175.
- 1 2 Mota, Luisa L.; Kaminski, Lucas A.; Freitas, Andre Victor Lucci (2014-07-01). "Last instar larvae and pupae of Ourocnemis archytas and Anteros formosus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), with a summary of known host plants for the tribe Helicopini". Zootaxa. 3838 (4): 435–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3838.4.3. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 25081788 – via Pubmed.
- ↑ "Ourocnemis Baker, 1887". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-03-11.