Freyeria
Sign in to saveFreyeria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Ludwig Georg Courvoisier in 1920.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- NMV, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea
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- Parent taxon
- Polyommatini
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Freyeria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Ludwig Georg Courvoisier in 1920.
It currently includes three species: Freyeria putli (Kollar, [1844]) – eastern grass jewel – Ceylon, South India, northeast India, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Ryukyu Islands Freyeria minuscula (Aurivillius, 1909) – Madagascar Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845) – grass jewel – Africa, Arabia, Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor, southern Asia
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