Ancyluris
Ancyluris aulestes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Tribe:	Riodinini
Genus:	Ancyluris Hübner, 1819
Species
See text
Synonyms
Melibaea Saunders, 1859 (preocc. Forbes, 1838)

Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.

Species list

• Ancyluris aristodorus (Morisse, 1838) French Guiana, Ecuador
• Ancyluris aulestes (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
  • A. a. aulestes Suriname, Brazil, Peru
  • A. a. eryxo (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia Peru
  • A. a. jocularis Stichel, 1909 Colombia, Ecuador
  • A. a. pandama (Saunders, 1850) Brazil
• Ancyluris colubra (Saunders, 1859) Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
• Ancyluris etias (Saunders, 1859) Bolivia, Suriname, Peru
  • A. e. etias Peru
  • A. e. gracilis Stichel, 1910 Suriname
  • A. e. mendita (Druce, 1904) Bolivia
• Ancyluris formosissima (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador, Peru
  • A. f. formosissima Ecuador
  • A. f. venerabilis Stichel, 1916 Peru
• Ancyluris inca (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
  • A. i. inca Mexico Panama
  • A. i. cacica (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Colombia, Peru
  • A. i. formosa (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
  • A. i. huascar (Saunders, 1859) Colombia, Ecuador
  • A. i. miranda (Hewitson, 1874) Bolivia, Peru
  • A. i. pulchra (Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
• Ancyluris jurgensenii (Saunders, 1850) Mexico, Panama, Colombia
  • A. j. jurgensenii Mexico, Panama
  • A. j. atahualpa (Saunders, 1859) Colombia
• Ancyluris meliboeus (Fabricius, 1777)
  • A. m. meliboeus French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru
  • A. m. euaemon Stichel, 1910 Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
  • A. m. julia (Saunders, 1850) Brazil
• Ancyluris melior Stichel, 1910 Brazil, Peru
• Ancyluris miniola (Bates, 1868) Brazil
• Ancyluris mira (Hewitson, 1874) Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
  • A. m. mira Bolivia, Peru
  • A. m. furia Stichel, 1925 Colombia, Ecuador
  • A. m. thaumasia Stichel, 1910 Bolivia
• Ancyluris paramba D'Abrera, 1994 Ecuador
• Ancyluris paetula Stichel, 1916 Peru
• Ancyluris rubrofilum Stichel, 1909 Bolivia
• Ancyluris tedea (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Peru
  • A. t. tedea Suriname
  • A. t. silvicultrix Stichel, 1909 Bolivia, Peru