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Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.
Allotinus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Amblypodia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Several species formerly placed here are now in Arhopala and Flos, although this placement is not necessarily definite.
Drupadia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Evenus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, with species ranging from North to South America.
George Thomas Bethune-Baker was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially those in the family Lycaenidae of butterflies.
Ministrymon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Oenomaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.
Philiris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm. Philiris was erected by Julius Röber in 1891. It is a speciose genus; Tite decided on 56 species, Sands added 11 species and placed the taxa into 21 species groups (broadly accepted by Parsons Most species are on New Guinea.Tite considered Philiris and Candalides Hübner, 1819 to be sisters. Eliot placed Philiris in Luciini Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914,
Pseudophilotes is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Suasa is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1890. Its only species, Suasa lisides, the red imperial, was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is a small butterfly found in India.
Subsolanoides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Subsolanoides nagata, which is endemic to China.
Tajuria is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Theorema is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846–1913) who also worked on Lepidoptera.
Airamanna is a Neotropical genus in the family Lycaenidae.
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References
- ↑ Butterflies of America
- ↑ Bálint, Z. (2011) Ianusanta ianusi, a new genus and new species of eumaeine lycaenid butterflies from the Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural 15: 224-230.
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