Brangas

Brangas is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in Brangas.

==Species== These species belong to the genus Brangas: Brangas caranus (Stoll, 1780) - western Ecuador to French Guiana, south to southern Brazil Brangas carthaea (Hewitson, 1868) - Mexico to western Ecuador Brangas coccineifrons (Godman & Salvin, 1887) - Mexico to western Ecuador Brangas dydimaon (Cramer, 1777) - Amazonian Region Brangas felderi (Goodson, 1945) - Colombia to Peru Brangas getus (Fabricius, 1787) - Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil Brangas insolitus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Ecuador to Peru Brangas moserorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Paraguay and southern Brazil Brangas neildonatus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuelan northern coast. Brangas neora (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico to southern Brazil Brangas polonus Bálint, 2008 - Peru to Bolivia Brangas rambutorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest. Brangas rita (Goodson, 1945) - Costa Rica to western Colombia and Ecuador Brangas silumena (Hewitson, 1867) - Paraguay and Brazil Brangas teucria (Hewitson, 1868) - Amazonian Region Brangas torfrida (Hewitson, 1867) - Neotropics, Amazonian and Atlantic regions