Lysandra (butterfly)

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Lysandra
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Lysandra bellargus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Lysandra
Hemming, 1933
Synonyms [1]
  • ArgusScopoli, 1763
  • UranopsHemming, 1929

Lysandra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lysandra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms