Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
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Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
==Species== The following three species are in the genus Brephidium: Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) – western pygmy blue (southern United States to South America) Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873) – eastern pygmy blue (southeastern United States)
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