Hewitsonia | |
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Hewitsonia kirbyi figure 7 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Poritiinae |
Tribe: | Liptenini |
Genus: | Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871 |
Synonyms | |
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Hewitsonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
Aslauga is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are associated with other insects and found only in the Afrotropical realm. They are small usually grey-blue or grey-purple butterflies with a distinctive, but widely varied wing shape, especially pronounced in A. pandora. They are forest butterflies of the Congolian forests and Lower Guinean forests.
Aphnaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Cigaritis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia.
Stempfferia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Cerautola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Hewitsonia danane, the Stempffer's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Ivory Coast, southern Nigeria and central and western Cameroon.
Hewitsonia ugandae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.