Epamera

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Epamera
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Epamera sidus (now Iolaus sidus ) figure 25
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epamera
H. H. Druce, 1891

Epamera is a genus-group of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. Most authorities consider Epamera to be a subgenus of Iolaus . The species of Epamera are found in the Afrotropical realm.