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Gonepteryx
Gonepteryx is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae; there are about 15 species of Gonepteryx. They live in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They are commonly known as brimstones for the bright yellow colour of the wings of most species. These share the same name as the much larger tropical genus Anteos. These inhabit much of central and South America and also North America. This species are known for being the kings of butterfly longevity. 10–13 months is the lifespan for many temperate species. Anteos, however, is much shorter lived. The adults will often mimic ivy leaves at rest.
Sparassis
Sparassis (also known as cauliflower mushroom) is a genus of parasitic and saprobic mushroom characterised by its unique shape and appearance and is found around the globe. Its appearance can be described as similar to a sea sponge, a brain or a head of cauliflower, hence its popular name.
Phagnalon
Phagnalon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Europe, North Africa and northeastern Tropical Africa, and Western Asia to the Arabian Peninsula and Tibet.
Eurema
thumb|E. xantochlora xantochlora - tropical yellow, Colombia thumb|E. elathea elathea - false barred sulphur, Grand Cayman thumb|E. brigitta - small grass yellow thumb|E. hecabe - common grass yellow thumb|E. venusta - grass yellow, Brazil
Delias
Delias is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus Delias, found in South Asia and Australia.They are remarkable for the gay-coloured under surfaces of very many species which often show an altogether ideally beautiful arrangement of intensively coloured bands and spots, more gorgeous than are found either in America or in Africa. The Delias are a characteristic feature of the IndoAustralian fauna. They enliven the woods and their borders, as Appias and Catopsilia predominate at the river-banks, fly often round the tops of the forest-trees, are fond of resting on leav
Aporia
genus of moth in the family Pieridae
Belenois
thumb|African veined white (Belenois gidica|B. gidica, [[Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania]] Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.
Iphiclides
Iphiclides is a genus of butterflies of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails).
Colotis
thumb|right|Scarlet tip (Colotis danae|C. danae) [[Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania]] thumb|right|Small orange-tip (Colotis etrida|C. etrida) in [[Narsapur, Medak district, India]] thumb|right|Veined tip (Colotis vesta|C. vesta) Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Enantia
Enantia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas.
Catopsilia
Catopsilia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, commonly called migrants or emigrants.
Appias
genus of insects
Anteos
Anteos is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, commonly called angled-sulphurs.
Epargyreus
Epargyreus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. Several species in this genus are known as silverdrops. The species are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Euchloe
Euchloe is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the Old World species are known as dappled whites.
Carcharodus
thumb|Carcharodus tripolina, false mallow skipper, Portugal Carcharodus is a Palearctic genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Doxocopa
Doxocopa is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae. It includes the following species:
Astraptes
Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
Zerene
Zerene is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae commonly called dogfaces. The closest living relative is the genus Colias. They are migratory.
Hebomoia
Hebomoia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. There are two widespread, strong-flying southeast Asian species that are among the largest pierids.
Phanus
Phanus is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Pyrgus
Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera Burnsius and Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.
Phoebis
Phoebis, or sulphurs, is a genus of butterflies, belonging to the subfamily Coliadinae of the "whites" or family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.
Augiades
Augiades is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Gegenes
thumb|Common hottentot skipper on garden Heliotropium; anterior aspect Gegenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Entheus
Entheus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in the tribe Entheini of which it is the type genus.
Perrhybris
Perrhybris is a neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.
Didymocarpus
Didymocarpus (from Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos), meaning "twin", and καρπός (karpós), meaning "fruit") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae and typical of the tribe Didymocarpeae. There are about 100 known species distributed in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, with one species extending up to northern Sumatra. Some members of the genus are known for their medicinal properties, especially to cure diseases related to the kidneys.
Phocides
Phocides is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Phocidini, of which it is the namesake genus.
Ixias
Ixias is a genus of pierid butterflies ranging from the Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines, mostly in the Indomalayan realm.
Ancyluris
Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.
Mylothris
Mylothris, commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa.
Catonephele
Catonephele is a nymphalid butterfly genus found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
Euselasia
Euselasia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are present only in the Neotropical realm. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. thumb|Euselasia eugeon|E. eugeon, the eugeon sombermark,on the Cristalino River, southern Amazon, Brazil
Nessaea
Nessaea is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. Unlike virtually all other butterflies with blue coloration, the blue colors in this genus are due to pigmentation [pterobilin (biliverdin IXγ)] rather than iridescence (e.g., Morpho species).
Baeotis
Baeotis is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Americas. Baeotis are tiny (25–40 mm.), black and yellow, sometimes also white and black butterflies flying about in the sunshine during day-time, with a delicate body, a somewhat projecting apex of the forewing and an extraordinarily short cell of the hindwing, which is not even half as large as the cell of the forewing.
Proteides
Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Callicore
Callicore is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic Catagramma assemblage.
Trapezites
genus of insects
Symmachia
Symmachia is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.
Syrmatia
Syrmatia is a South American metalmark butterfly genus in the subfamily Riodininae.
Nisoniades
Nisoniades is a genus of tufted skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Berrya
Berrya is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark, which range from tropical Asia to northern Australia and the southwestern Pacific. The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers.
Dynamine
Dynamine is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in South America.
Thracides
Thracides is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Achlyodes
Achlyodes is a genus of skippers. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Achlyodes busirus.
Melanis
thumb|Melanis pixe|M. pixe (red-bordered pixie) Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.
Talides
Talides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Tina
genus of plants
Paramimus
Paramimus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Cobalus
Cobalus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Anteros
genus of insects
Antigonus
genus of insects
Telemiades
Telemiades is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (subfamily Eudaminae).
Carystus
genus of insects
Phlebodes
Phlebodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.
Caryatis
genus of insects
Pythonides
Pythonides is a genus of skippers.
Temenis
Temenis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, it consists of three species. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Members of the genus Temenis are found throughout Central and South America.
Aesalinae
The Aesalinae are a subfamily of the stag beetle (Lucanidae) genera: based on the type genus Aesalus and included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.