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Yramea cytheris

Yramea cytheris

Ana del Sur

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Issoria cytheris.

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Yramea cytheris is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from the Falkland Islands. In some systems it is included in genus Issoria.

 Upperside: head, eyes, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings brown orange, with a number of small black spots thereon (not less than twenty) of various shapes and sizes. Next to the body these wings are darker and pilose (covered with fine hair). Posterior wings are the same colour as the superior, and spotted with many small black spots of different shapes dispersed all over the wings; they are also darker next to the body and hairy.

Underside: palpi reddish. Anterior wings sandy orange coloured, rather paler than the upperside. Near the tips is a white streak placed next the anterior margin, and close thereto is a cloud of a dark red. Most of the small black spots are seen on this side, but less distinctly. Posterior wings dark red, with several faint clouds. A narrow white streak, about a quarter of an inch (6 mm) in length, is placed near the middle of each of these wings; and another much shorter is placed on the anterior edge, near the upper corner. All the wings are entire.

Wingspan inches (32 mm).

Subspecies: 
  • Yramea cytheris cytheris (Falkland Islands)
  • Yramea cytheris siga (Geyer, 1832) (Chile, Argentina)

Source: Wikipedia, article Yramea cytheris. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239452530/11/202513:51ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCamino sin nombrar1Gustavo Fernando Durán
222909304/12/2024ArgentinaChubutRuta Nac 259, salida al sur de Trevelin., Trevelin1Gustavo Fernando Durán
196030306/12/2023ArgentinaRío NegroSan Carlos de Bariloche1Gustavo Fernando Durán
154595513/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate1Gustavo Fernando Durán
154517910/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 23, El Chaltén1Gustavo Fernando Durán
154450709/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrar1Gustavo Fernando Durán
154439208/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEstacionamiento, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares1Gustavo Fernando Durán
119313910/02/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 23, El ChalténGustavo Fernando Durán
119313510/02/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrarGustavo Fernando Durán
119046810/02/2020ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrarGustavo Fernando Durán
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Yramea cytheris – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 26/09/2026.