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Lamprospilus

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Lamprospilus is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.

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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Lamprospilus, and connects out to Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.

It is catalogued under topics including Butterflies of North America, Eumaeini and Lycaenidae genera.

Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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Shiny-Spotted Bob

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae
Observations1,705
Observations recorded1,046

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Lamprospilus is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.

== Description == Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns. Some males have distinctive transparent wing patches. Males and females can appear so distinct that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species.

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