Lycaenidae genera

genus of insects

Mimeresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Aethiopana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The single species, Aethiopana honorius, the acraea blue, is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.

Citrinophila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Catapaecilma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Mantoides is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. Its only species, Mantoides gama, the Distant's Imperial, was first described by William Lucas Distant in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Whilst the male above resembles yet Neocheritra amrita,, though it has a whiter anal portion of the hindwing, the female above is very much like a Cheritra freja-female, beneath similarly coloured to cloella Weym., from Nias, but the forewing is grey in the basal portion, the rusty-yellow colour is more confined to the apical half, gama is

Ministrymon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Cheritra is the genus of "typical" imperials, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Deramas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The genus ranges from south Myanmar to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi. Most of the species are rare and endangered, and are confined to forest from sea level to about .

Antigius is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm (China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East), as well as Taiwan and Myanmar.

Spalgis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Spalgis are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879.

Epitolina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Confusingly, it is also the name of a subtribe within the subfamily Poritiinae and the tribe Liptenini.

genus of insects

Tetrarhanis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Sinthusa is a genus of lycaenid butterflies, the sparks. They are small species with the male genitalia and secondary sexual characters of Virachola, but less robust and weaker in flight. The males are easily recognized, with the forewings oily indigo blue changing to shining blue in a side light and hindwings shining violet blue in all lights. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1884.

Crudaria is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the lycaenids or blues (family Lycaenidae). The genus was first described by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus in 1927. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.

Clihr is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Contrafacia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Hypophytala is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

genus of insects

Falcuna is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Falcuna is endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Aslauga is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are associated with other insects and found only in the Afrotropical realm. They are small usually grey-blue or grey-purple butterflies with a distinctive, but widely varied wing shape, especially pronounced in A. pandora. They are forest butterflies of the Congolian forests and Lower Guinean forests.

Electrostrymon is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Pseudaletis, commonly known as fantasies, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Arawacus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly called stripestreaks. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

genus of insects

Tarucus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as blue Pierrots or simply Pierrots. The latter name is often used for the closely related genus Castalius. The delimitation of Castalius versus Tarucus is not yet fully resolved, with some species, such as the dark Pierrot (T. ananda), having been moved between the two genera repeatedly. It may even be that they are eventually regarded as synonymous, and in that case the older name Castalius would supersede Tarucus by the Principle of Priority.

Nacaduba is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It constitutes many of the species commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in Catopyrops, Petrelaea and Prosotas.

genus of insects

Toxochitona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Remelana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. Remelana was erected by Frederic Moore in 1884.

Teratoneura is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Eresina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Catopyrops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The range extends from India to the Malay Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.

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Pratapa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the far eastern Palearctic realm (China) and in the Indomalayan realm.

Cacyreus is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Charana is an Indomalayan genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Cyanophrys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William J. Clench in 1961. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Lepidochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.

Euaspa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are native in the Indomalayan realm, found in areas from the Himalayas to Vietnam. They feed on oaks (Quercus spp.). left|170px|Euaspa ziha figs. 4 (male) and 5 (female) left|170px|Euaspa forsteri left|170px|Euaspa pavo ==Species== Euaspa ziha (Hewitson, 1865) – white-spotted hairstreak Himalayas Euaspa milionia (Hewitson, 1869) – water hairstreak Euaspa forsteri (Esaki & Shirôzu, 1943) Taiwan and (E. f. ueharai) Laos Euaspa tayal (Esaki & Shirôzu, 1943) Taiwan Euaspa pavo (de Nicéville, 1887) – peacock hairstreak North India, Bhu

Euchrysops is a genus of Afrotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Flos is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the Indomalayan realm. thumb|right|Close wing position of Flos adriana – variegated plushblue in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India]]

Discolampa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus ranges from Sri Lanka to New Guinea.

Laeosopis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is Laeosopis roboris, the Spanish purple hairstreak, which is found on the Iberian Peninsula and south-eastern France.

genus of insects

Titea is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Acupicta is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.

Megisba is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Artipe is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm (Himalayas - China), and the Australasian realm (New Guinea).

Ipidecla is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Chlorostrymon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Thestor is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical.

genus of insects

Drupadia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. thumb|right|200px| Habitat of Drupadia hayashii on Sibutu Island

Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Euliphyra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.