Methone cecilia

Methone cecilia
	Museum specimen in Muséum de Toulouse
	Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Euselasiinae
Genus:	Methone; Doubleday, 1847
Species:	M. cecilia
Binomial name
	Methone cecilia; (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
	Methonella Westwood, 1852; Papilio cecilia Cramer, [1777]; Papilio amyntor Fabricius, 1781 (preocc. Cramer, 1775); Papilio dorine Stoll, 1782; Methonella chrysomela Butler, 1872; Methone chrysomela eusebes Stichel, 1919; Methonella vitellia Seitz, 1913; Methonella cecilia magnarea Seitz, 1913; Methonella amithrata Seitz, 1913; Methone cecilia magnarea f. metella Stichel, 1919; Methone columbana Stichel, 1924;

Methone is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

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