# Amarynthis

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***Amarynthis*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) genus of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Riodinidae](/source/Riodinidae). Its sole species, ***Amarynthis meneria***, the **meneria metalmark**, is a common species in lowland rainforests east of the [Andes](/source/Andes) from [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Suriname](/source/Suriname) and [Guyana](/source/Guyana), south through the [Brazilian Amazon](/source/Brazilian_Amazon) to [Peru](/source/Peru) and northern [Argentina](/source/Argentina).

The wings are very delicate; the veins deviate from those of *[Amblygonia](/source/Parcella)* only by the 3rd subcostal vein not rising immediately before the cell-end, but immediately behind it. It is black with a narrow red transverse band and sparse light, small dots:in the cell of the forewing a red cuneiform streak, behind it a small red spot.[1]

## References

1. A. Seitz (editor), *Macrolepidoptera of the World*, vol. 5: 333–356. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen .

## External links

- [*Amarynthis meneria*](http://tolweb.org/Amarynthis_meneria) at the Tree of Life Web Project
- [Species info](https://web.archive.org/web/20080512174807/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Amarynthis%20meneria.htm)

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