Calydna thersander from original description.

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Genus: Calydna
Species: C. cabira – C. calamisa – C. caieta – C. candace – C. carneia – C. catana – C. cea – C. charila – C. fissilisima – C. hiria – C. jeannea – C. lusca – C. micra – C. nicolayi – C. pichita – C. stolata – C. sturnula – C. thersander – C. venusta

Name

Calydna Doubleday, 1847: 5.

Type species: Calydna thersander Stoll, [1780]: 87, pl.335 figs A,B, by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875: 133.

References

• Callaghan, C.J., Salazar-Escobar, J.A. 1997: A new species of Riodinidae from Colombia. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society, 51(1): 57–61. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 

• Hall, J.P.W., 2002. A phylogenetic revision of Calydna and relatives (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 33(2): 185–237. web. Reference page. 

• Lamas, G. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page. 

• Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page. 

• Stoll, 1780-1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29-90, pls 305-336; [1781]: 91-164, pls 337-372; [1782]: 165-252, pls 373-400; Suppl [1787]: 1-42, pls 1-8; [1790]: 43-184, pls 9-42. Reference page.