Chorinea sylphina

Sylphina angel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Chorinea
Species:	C. sylphina
Binomial name
	Chorinea sylphina; (Bates, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
	Zeonia sylphina Bates, 1868; Chorinea sylphina terpsichore Stichel, 1910;

Chorinea sylphina (sylphina angel) is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Adults fly in full sunshine, but occasionally settle beneath the leaves of bushes.[2]

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