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Eresina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
15
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
NHMUK, USNM
Recorded in
Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poritiinae
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taxon name
Eresina
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Eresina
Commons category
Eresina
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Eresina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

==Species== Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956 Eresina bilinea Talbot, 1935 Eresina conradti Stempffer, 1956 Eresina corynetes (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Eresina crola Talbot, 1935 Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956 Eresina fusca (Cator, 1904) Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961 Eresina katangana Stempffer, 1956 Eresina katera Stempffer, 1962 Eresina likouala Stempffer, 1962 Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956 Eresina masaka Stempffer, 1962 Eresina pseudofusca Stempffer, 1961 Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956 Eresina saundersi Stempffer, 1956 Eresina schmitti Larsen, 2005 Eresina theodori Stempffer, 1956 Eresina toroensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921

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