Helicopini | |
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Helicopis cupido | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Subfamily: | Riodininae |
Tribe: | Helicopini Reuter 1897 |
Genera | |
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The Helicopini are a tribe of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae).
As numerous Riodinidae genera have not yet been unequivocally assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary. In fact, it is likely that the bulk of the Riodinidae incertae sedis belongs into this group.[1]