Archigenes | |
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Archigenes aita | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Genus: | Archigenes Fruhstorfer, 1914 |
Type species | |
Abisara aita de Nicéville, 1893 |
Archigenes is a genus of metalmark butterflies found in Asia. The genus was formerly synonymized within the Abisara but a phylogenetic study found them to form a distinct clade within the Nemeobiinae. [1]
Species placed within this genus include: