Chaetoprocta

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Chaetoprocta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Chaetoprocta
de Nicéville, 1890 [1]

Chaetoprocta is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Markku Savela. "Chaetoprocta de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 30 December 2016.