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| Phothecla | |
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| Male Phothecla thespia, figures 455 and 456 | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Lycaenidae | 
| Tribe: | Eumaeini | 
| Genus: |  Phothecla  Robbins, 2004  | 
Phothecla is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. [1]