Lycaenidae genera

Gonerilia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to China.

Thaumaina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Thaumaina uranothauma.

Upolampes is a monotypic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Its single species, Upolampes evena, is found in New Guinea.

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Paralycaeides is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. ==Species== Paralycaeides inconspicua (Draudt, 1921) Central and South Peru (high Andes) Paralycaeides shade Bálint, 1993 Central Peru (high Andes) Paralycaeides vapa (Staudinger, 1894) South Peru, Bolivia, Northeast Chile, Argentina, North Patagonia (high Andes) ==References==

Matsutaroa is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is nearest to the genus Ancema, but differs from it in the following points: (1) veins 5 and 6 on the forewing are not very close at their origins, but in Ancema they are very close at their origins; (2) the ground colour of the underside of the male is white, tinged with pale yellow and blue and has no shade of silver, but in the genus Ancema the ground colour of the underside is more or less tinged with silver; (3) in the male genitalia the valva is stout, a short brachial process is separating from the dorsum of the valva, and the

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

Luthrodes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. Its species are found in Asia and in Oceania.

Oboronia is an Afrotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Camissecla is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Robert K. Robbins and Marcelo Duarte in 2004. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

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

Mahathala is a small genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Two species occur in Southeast Asia, the third is endemic to Mongolia.

Lathecla is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Ahmetia achaja is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ahmetia, formerly known as Cowania (which actually refers to a tachina fly genus). It is sometimes assigned to the tribe Horagini, but it is more probably a member of the closely related Cheritrini. It is found in Thailand and Vietnam. thumb

Phytala is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The single species of this genus, Phytala elais, the giant forest blue, is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Bothrinia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Known from southern China, India (Assam) and northern Thailand.

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

Araragi is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small East Asian hairstreak genus. The larvae feed on Juglans (walnut) species.

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Hypomyrina is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891.

The genus Incisalia, described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872, consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in North America. They are commonly called elfins.

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

Lycaenopsis is a genus of lycaenid butterflies.

Pseudochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. This genus is monotypic, consisting of only one species, Pseudochrysops bornoi, which is endemic to the Greater Antilles (being found on Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Cuba). It has only been found in Cuba at Yateritas, Guantánamo Province.

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

Nesiostrymon is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1964.

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

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

Temecla is a genus of Neotropical hairstreak butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Zeltus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, the blues. It is monotypic containing the species Zeltus amasa, the fluffy tit, a small butterfly found in Indomalayan realm. The butterfly is found in India, specially the Western Ghats, Sikkim to Assam. It can also be found in Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore, Java and the Philippines.

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

Megathecla is a gossamer-winged butterfly genus of tribe Eumaeini in the subfamily Theclinae. These butterflies are found in the Neotropical realm. The distinctness of this genus was only recognized after the year 2000, even though the type species M. gigantea has been scientifically known since the late 19th century.

Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.

Hypostrymon is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Pseudolucia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are predominantly found in parts of South America, south of Brazil. In many of the southern and western regions, stretching from Chile to Uruguay, habitat loss and pollution have led to near extinction.

Ziegleria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Kurt Johnson in 1993. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Hyrcanana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Ritra is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm .

Rueckbeilia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, first described in 2013.

Busbiina is a genus of Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Its sole species, Busbiina bosora, is known from Ecuador.

Goldia is a genus of Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Goldia pacifica found in Primorye.

Gaeides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Some sources treat is as a synonym of Lycaena.

Chrysoritis, commonly called opals or coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in southern Africa and particularly South Africa.

Howarthia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae ranging from China to Laos and Myanmar. It is named after British entomologist Graham Howarth.

Podanotum is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.All the species except Podanotum salaeides (Draudt, 1919) are recently described.

Phlyaria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, consisting of only one species, Phlyaria cyara, the pied blue, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Polyniphes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It contains two species, P. dumenilii and P. duponchelii.

Sancterila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Elkalyce is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.The genus is monotypic containing the single species Elkalyce cogina (Schaus, 1902) endemic to Brazil.

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

Pamiria is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. thumb|left|220px| Pamiria farazi Paratype ==Species== Listed alphabetically:

Ticherra is a monotypic genus in the lycaenid or blues family. Its sole species is Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia. thumb|left|200px thumb|left|200px

Pistoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea (Australasian realm).

Strephonota is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Kurt Johnson, George T. Austin, Jean Francois Le Crome and Julián A. Salazar E. in 1997.

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Zintha is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, with the only species being Zintha hintza, the blue-eyed Pierrot, blue pied Pierrot or Hintza blue. The pied Pierrots proper are the closely related genus Tuxentius, however, and like Zintha they were formerly included in Castalius.

Exorbaetta is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Exorbaetta metanira

Nicolaea is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

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Euthecta is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The two members (species) of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.