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Parent Taxon

• Riodinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Amarynthis
• Amphiselenis
• Ancyluris
• Baeotis
• Barbicornis
• Brachyglenis
• Calephelis
• Caria
• Cariomothis
• Cartea
• Chalodeta
• Chamaelimnas
• Charis
• Chorinea
• Colaciticus
• Crocozona
• Cyrenia
• Dachetola
• Detritivora
• Diorina
• Exoplisia
• Isapis
• Ithomeis
• Lasaia
• Lyropteryx
• Melanis
• Metacharis
• Monethe
• Nahida
• Necyria
• Notheme
• Panara
• Paraphthonia
• Parcella
• Pheles
• Rhetus
• Riodina
• Seco
• Siseme
• Syrmatia
• Themone

Child Taxa

• Calephelis acapulcoensis
• Calephelis argyrodines
• Calephelis arizonensis
• Calephelis aymaran
• Calephelis azteca
• Calephelis bajaensis
• Calephelis borealis
• Calephelis braziliensis
• Calephelis browni
• Calephelis candiope
• Calephelis clenchi
• Calephelis costaricicola
• Calephelis dreisbachi
• Calephelis exiguus
• Calephelis freemani
• Calephelis fulmen
• Calephelis huasteca
• Calephelis inca
• Calephelis iris
• Calephelis laverna
• Calephelis matheri
• Calephelis maya
• Calephelis mexicana
• Calephelis montezuma
• Calephelis muticum
• Calephelis nemesis
• Calephelis nilus
• Calephelis perditalis
• Calephelis rawsoni
• Calephelis sacapulas
• Calephelis schausi
• Calephelis sinaloensis
• Calephelis sixola
• Calephelis sodalis
• Calephelis stallingsi
• Calephelis tapuyo
• Calephelis tikal
• Calephelis velutina
• Calephelis virginiensis
• Calephelis wellingi
• Calephelis wrighti
• Calephelis yautepequensis
• Calephelis yucatana

Top Observation Places

• Tapachula
• San Marcos
• Mixco
• Bello
• Ciudad Victoria
• Santa Tecla
• Guanajuato
• Tucson
• Casas Adobes
• Catalina Foothills
• Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
• Mérida
• Rio Claro
• Austin
• Tuxtla
• McAllen
• Edinburg
• Mission
• Pharr
• Tepic
• Cuernavaca
• Jiutepec
• Temixco
• Zapopan
• Guadalajara
• Tlaquepaque
• Playa del Carmen
• Puerto Vallarta
• Xalapa de Enríquez
• Monterrey
• Guadalupe
• San Nicolás de los Garza
• San Pedro Garza García
• Jardines de la Silla (Jardines)