Axiocerses

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Axiocerses
Common Scarlet (Axiocerses tjoane) - Flickr - berniedup, crop.jpg
A male Common scarlet ( A. tjoane ) in the Kruger National Park
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Axiocerses
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • ChrysorychiaWallengren, 1857

Axiocerses is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species


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