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Barbicornis
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Barbicornis

Barbicornis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species Barbicornis basilis present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

The species is easily recognizable by the very small hindwings provided with a long apex of the tail on the lower

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Barbicornis basilis

speciesBarbicornis basilis

Barbicornis marginata

speciesBarbicornis marginata

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372018.