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Leptomyrina handmani Gifford, 1965 [1] | |
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Leptomyrina handmani is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Malawi and Zambia. [2]
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic and the Palearctic.
Cyaniris semiargus, the Mazarine blue, is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The Hypolycaenini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Hypolycaenina, of the Theclini.
Leptomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Leptomyrina hirundo, the tailed black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya and Malawi. In South Africa it is found in warm wooded savannah from the Eastern Cape to coastal KwaZulu-Natal and inland in riverine forest to Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Leptomyrina lara, the Cape black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, in fynbos, Nama Karoo and Succulent Karoo throughout the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape, the eastern parts of Free State, the mountains of Lesotho and Northern Cape.
Leptomyrina henningi, the Henning's black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It occurs in south-west Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, it occurs in Free State to Gauteng, Limpopo and North West.
Leptomyrina gorgias, the common black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa.
Callophrys sheridanii, the Sheridan's hairstreak and Sheridan's green hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America along the south coast of British Columbia and parts of Nevada, Arizona, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, and New Mexico. In 2009, this species was adopted as the U.S. state butterfly for Wyoming.
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.
Axiocerses harpax, the common scarlet, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Leptomyrina boschi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in central Ethiopia.
Leptomyrina makala is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in western Uganda.
Leptomyrina phidias is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion. The habitat consists of rocky areas with rupicolous vegetation and anthropogenic environments.
Leptomyrina sudanica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sudan.
Boschi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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