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ithomiid, ithomiine, n. and a.|ɪˈθəʊmɪɪd, -iːn|
[f. mod.L. family and subfamily names Ithomiidæ, Ithomiinæ, f. the generic name Ithomia (J. Hübner Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge (1816) 9), f. Gk. ἰθύς straight + ὦµος shoulder.]
A tropical Central or South American butterfly belonging to the family Ithomiidæ, or this group treated as the subfamily Ithomiinæ of the family Nymphalidæ; of or pertaining to an insect of this kind.
1899D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vi. 346 The Ithomiides are peculiar to tropical America. 1912G. B. Longstaff Butterfly-Hunting vi. 312 The hour was earlier and the Ithomiines were not so closely packed. 1930Proc. Entomol. Soc. London V. 91 An Ithomiine butterfly and its Heliconine mimic taken flying together in NW. Peru. 1972Brown & Heineman Jamaica & its Butterflies 97 The number of ithomiids found in Central America is limited. Ibid. 99 Greta is among the most advanced in structure of all ithomiid genera. |