Athyrtis is a butterfly genus of the Ithomiini tribe in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It is a monotypic genus, containing only Athyrtis mechanitis. The genus and the species were named by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.[1]
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| Genus: | Athyrtis |
| Species: | A. mechanitis
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| Athyrtis mechanitis C. & R. Felder, 1862
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