The Arsenurini are a primitive tribe found in tropical South and Central America. The Rhescyntis larvae are particularly interesting.
Machaerosema W. Rothschild, 1907 is a junior synonym for Rhescyntis. For a more complete listing go to the Rhescyntis page.
Listing of Rhescyntis:
P descimoni Lemaire, 1975 Ecuador
P hermes Rothschild, 1907 Guyana, Ecuador
P hippodamia hippodamia Cramer, 1777, Surinam, Ecu., Ven., Bra, Peru, Bol., Fr G.
hippodamia martii Perty, 1833, Brazil, is a synonym for hippodamia hippodamia
P hippodamia colombiana Bouvier, 1927 Colombia, Ecuador
f. pomposa Draudt, 1930, Colombia, is a synonym for hippodamia colombiana
P hippodamia gigantea Bouvier, 1930 Brazil
P hippodamia martii Perty, 1833 Brazil
P hippodamia norax Druce, 1897 Panama, neotropical South America
septrionalis Vazquez, 1966, Mexico, is a synonym for hippodamia norax
P pseudomartii Lemaire, 1976 Brazil
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Many of the species listed on the web under Rhescyntis should be more properly classified with other genera listed in brown!
P angulatus Bouvier, 1924 Brazil Arsenura
P batesii arcaei Druce, 1886 Peru, Ecu., Bra., Bol. Arsenura
P armida Cramer, 1779 Mex., Ecu. Fr. G. Arsenura
P aspasia Herrich Schaeffer Ecuador Arsenura
P biundulata Schaus, 1906 Arsenura
P championi Druce, 1886 Panama, Mexico to Venezuela Caio
P polyodonta Jordan Arsenura
P rebeli Gschwandner, 1920 Ecuador Arsenura
P richardsoni Druce, 1890 Mexico Caio
P romulus Maassen, 1869 Brazil, Neotropical South America Caio
P xanthopus Walker, 1855 Brazil Arsenura