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| Figure 26 Phanus vitreus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Entheini |
| Genus: | Phanus Hübner, [1819] |
Phanus is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini. [1]
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