Lamprospilus

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Lamprospilus
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Lamprospilus and other Lycaenidae depicted in William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Lamprospilus
Geyer, 1832
Synonyms [1] [2]

Gigantorubra Johnson, 1993

Lamprospilus is a Neotropical [1] [2] genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. [1] [2] [3] They occur in wet and dry lowland and montane forests from Mexico to central Argentina. [2]

Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns, to the extent that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species. [2]

Species

There are at least seven recognized species: [3]

Some sources also recognize the following: [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Savela, Markku. "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Duarte, Marcelo & Robbins, Robert K. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 54 (1): 45–65. doi: 10.1590/S0085-56262010000100006 .
  3. 1 2 "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 25 April 2025.


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