Monotypic butterfly genera

Baronia brevicornis, commonly known as the short-horned baronia, is a species of butterfly in the monotypic genus Baronia and is placed in a subfamily of its own, the Baroniinae, a sister group of the remainder of the swallowtail butterflies. It is endemic to a very small area of Mexico, where the distribution is patchy and restricted.

Euschemon is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Euschemon rafflesia, commonly known as the regent skipper and is found in Australia.

Rathinda is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It consists of a single species, Rathinda amor, the monkey puzzle, found in Sri Lanka and India.

Coreana is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Coreana raphaelis, which is found in the east Palearctic in Ussuri, north-east China, Korea and Japan (Honshu).

Agatasa is a butterfly genus in the brush-footed butterflies family (Nymphalidae). It is monotypic, containing only Agatasa calydonia, the glorious begum, which is found from southern Burma, through the Thai-Malay Peninsula, to Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines.

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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

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.

Rhinopalpa polynice, the wizard, is a nymphalid butterfly found in India and South Asia, and is the only species in the genus Rhinopalpa.

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.

Scolitantides is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771).

Ascia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Ascia monuste, commonly known as the great southern white, In this species the sexes may differ with the female being either light or dark colored. It is found from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, and south to Argentina. It is migratory along the south-eastern coast of the United States, with strays to Maryland, Kansas, and Colorado.

Amenis is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic containing a single species, Amenis pionia (Hewitson, 1857).

Croniades is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic. The single species is Croniades pieria, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Guyane.

Metardaris is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Metardaris cosinga, present in Bolivia and Peru. M. cosingas larvae are considered a delicacy, and are known as Huaytampo' to the people of Peru.

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Granila is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Spathilepia is a butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus is monotypic containing the single species Spathilepia clonius found in Texas, Central America and Colombia to Brazil and Argentina. ==References ==

Iratsume is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its single species is Iratsume orsedice.

Neaveia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Its only species, Neaveia lamborni, the pierine blue, is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. The habitat consists of forests and open areas.

Cupitha is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Cupitha purreea, commonly known as the wax dart.

REDIRECT Silky hairstreak

Exometoeca is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, with the only species being Exometoeca nycteris.

Achlyodes is a genus of skippers. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Achlyodes busirus.

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Thrix is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Doherty in 1891. Its one species is Thrix scopula, which was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (in Borneo, Thailand, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaya).

REDIRECT Gulf fritillary

Pyrrhochalcia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Pyrrhochalcia iphis, the African giant skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Shijimia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Shijimia moorei.

Apaturina is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Its sole species is Apaturina erminea, the turquoise emperor.

Feniseca tarquinius, the harvester, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Feniseca. It is found in eastern North America.

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Amblopala is a Palearctic and Indomalayan butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Amblopala avidiena the Chinese hairstreak. It is a small butterfly found in the Naga Hills of India and in China

Mesapia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Mesapia peloria, the Tibet blackvein, which is found in India, Nepal and China. It is a mid-sized to large species.

Purlisa is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Pulisa giganteus. It is known from Malaysia. thumb|230px|left|Specimen of Pulisa giganteus from Malaya

Osphantes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Osphantes ogowena, the lobed skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Sukidion is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. Its only species, Sukidion inores, was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1872. It is endemic to Borneo.

Kumothales is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae. Its only species, Kumothales inexpectata, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Kivu-Ruwenzori area), Uganda (from the south-western part of the country to Kigezi) and Rwanda.

Powellana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Powellana is monotypic, containing the single species Powellana cottoni found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).

Notarthrinus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only Notarthrinus binghami, the '''Chapman's hedge blue''', a small butterfly found from Assam in India to northern Myanmar.

Atarnes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Atarnes sallei.

Calopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Calopieris eulimene, which is found in Egypt (Gebel Elba Protected Area), Chad, Sudan, the Red Sea coast, western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Barbicornis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the family Riodinidae with its single species Barbicornis basilis present in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea. Neomyrina nivea was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Mesoxantha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. It is monotypic, containing only Mesoxantha ethosea, the '''Drury's delight'''. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.

monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Conognathus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Conognathus platon.

Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.

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

Smerina is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Smerina manoro, which is found on Madagascar, where it is restricted to the forests on the eastern seaboard.

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.

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

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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.

Pieriballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae erected by Alexander Barrett Klots in 1933. Its only species, Pieriballia viardi, the painted white or viardi white, was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests.

REDIRECT Hamearis lucina

Archonias is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Archonias brassolis, the cattleheart white, is its sole species. It is found from Central America, south through most of South America. thumb|left|A. b. tereas

Leptalina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Leptalina unicolor, which is found in eastern China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East (Amur). The habitat consists of humid meadows. The species is endangered by habitat decline, and worldwide populations have decreased significantly.

Ilma is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Ilma irvina.

Creteus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Creteus cyrina, which is found in Asia, including India, Thailand and Brunei.It is only separable from related genera by the male stigma which consists of a scent-scale stripe along the middle third of vein 2. The single species. C. cyrina Hew. resembles’’Eetion elia’’, but is easily discernible by the position of the hyaline spots of the hindwing: one in the cell-end, two above it and two below it. In Borneo-specimens the spots seem to be generally smaller. Khasia Hills and from the Kina-Balu (Borneo).