Nirodia belphegor

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Nirodia belphegor

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Gimenez Dixon, M. |year=1996 |title=Nirodia belphegor |volume=1996 |page=e.T14808A4461092 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14808A4461092.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Riodinidae

| genus = Nirodia

| genus_authority = Westwood, 1851

| species = N. belphegor

| binomial = Nirodia belphegor

| binomial_authority = (Westwood, 1851)

| synonyms =

• Rhetus belphegor (Westwood, 1851)

}}

Nirodia belphegor is a butterfly species in the monotypic genus Nirodia, according to some authors it belongs to the family Lycaenidae and according to others it belongs to the family Riodinidae.[https://slideheaven.com/natural-history-and-systematic-position-of-rhetus-belphegor-n-comb-lepidoptera-r.html Rhetus belphegor] It is endemic to Brazil.