Anteros is a Neotropical genus of butterflies of the family Riodinidae.
The species of this genus are immediately recognizable by the under surface in which small, brown
or black-bordered spots with metallic centres stand on the light yellow ground. The upper surface is mostly black with a yellowish central spot. Morphologically, the species are distinguished by two characteristics:by the long cilia at the anal angle of the hindwing and by dense, brightly coloured flocks of hair at the legs. Most of the species are not common; they mostly rest on the under surface of leaves with their wings spread out, but sometimes they clap their wings together above the back.
List of species
Anteros acheus (Stoll, 1781) Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil
Anteros aerosus Stichel, 1924 Guyana, Brazil
Anteros allectus Westwood, 1851 Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
Anteros aurigans Gallard & Brévignon, 1989 French Guiana
Anteros bracteata Hewitson, 1867 Brazil
Anteros carausius Westwood, 1851 Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia
Anteros chrysoprasta Hewitson, 1867 Panama, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru
Anteros cruentatus Stichel, 1911 Bolivia
Anteros formosus (Cramer, [1777]) Panama, Honduras, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Anteros gentilis (Rebillard, 1958) Peru
Anteros kupris Hewitson, 1875 Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru
Anteros lectabilis Stichel, 1909 Brazil
Anteros nubosus Hall & Willmott, 1995 Ecuador
Anteros otho Westwood, 1851 Brazil
Anteros principalis Hopffer, 1874 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Anteros renaldus (Stoll, [1790]) Suriname, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil