Atlides
Atlides is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies. Among these, it belongs to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies are widespread in the Americas, occurring almost anywhere between the southern United States and Argentina.
Species
18 named and 5 undescribed species are known or assumed to belong to this genus:Atlides atys - Costa Rica to southern BrazilAtlides bacis - Costa Rica to southern BrazilAtlides browni Constantino, 1993 - Colombia and EcuadorAtlides carpasia - Mexico to PanamaAtlides carpophora - Mexico to western Ecuador, Northern Venezuela to eastern PeruAtlides cosa - eastern BrazilAtlides dahnersi Bálint, 2003, - western ColombiaAtlides gaumeri - Mexico to Panama.Atlides halesus - U.S. and Mexico, south to Guatemala and Costa Rica. Atlides halljasoni Bálint, 2006 - Colombia to PeruAtlides havila - Colombia to PeruAtlides inachus - Amazonian RegionAtlides misma D'Abrera, 1995 - eastern and central BrazilAtlides polama - eastern BrazilAtlides polybe - Mexico to southern BrazilAtlides rustan - Mexico to southern BrazilAtlides thargelia - Bolivia to UruguayAtlides zava - eastern BrazilAtlides sp. 'Bahia'Atlides sp. 'Colombia'Atlides sp. 'Costa Rica'Atlides sp. 'Ecuador'Atlides sp. 'Peru'A. thargelia was recently proposed for separation as monotypic genus "Riojana", but it was subsequently argued to be a nomen nudum per Article 13.1 of the ICZN Code, because an appropriate genus description was not given. The matter has been submitted to the ICZN for discussion. Regardless the questions of nomenclature, A. thargelia is for the time being retained here; given that several undescribed relatives are known to exist, splitting off monotypic lineages now runs risk of leaving the remaining group paraphyletic.