Lycaena

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Lycaena
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Lycaena virgaureae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Lycaenini
Genus: Lycaena
Fabricius, 1807
Synonyms

AntipodolycaenaSmart, 1975
BoldenariaZhdanko, 1995
ChalceriaScudder, 1876
ChrysophanusHübner, 1818 (rejected)
ChysopteraZincken, 1817
DispariaVerity, 1943 (non Nagano, 1916: preoccupied
EpidemiaScudder, 1876
HelleiaVerity, 1943
HeodesDalman, 1816
HermelycaenaL.D.Miller & F.M.Brown, 1979
HyllolycaenaL.D.Miller & F.M.Brown, 1979
LoweiaTutt, 1906
LyciaSodovskii, 1837 (non Hübner, 1825: preoccupied)
MigonitisSodovskii, 1837 (non Rafinesque, 1815: preoccupied
PalaeochrysophanusVerity, 1934 ( nomen nudum )
PalaeochrysophanusVerity, 1943
PalaeoloweiaVerity, 1934
RapsidiaSibatani, 1974
RumiciaTutt, 1906
TharsaleaScudder, 1876
ThersamolycaenaVerity, 1957
ThersamoniaVerity, 1919
and see text

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Lycaena is a genus of butterflies. The genus range is Holarctic, with the exception of four species found in New Zealand, two in South Africa, one in New Guinea and one in Java. It is commonly divided into several subgenera, such as Antipodolycaena . Many formerly independent genera are now subsumed within Lycaena; the genus Gaiedes may also belong here.[ citation needed ] Many of the subgenera, species groups and species listed here may be synonyms.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Lycaena, funet.fi
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