Polycaena

Polycaena
Polycaena matuta (figure 16) and Polycaena lama (13 male, 15 female) in John Henry Leech's Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Tribe:	Nemeobiini
Genus:	Polycaena Staudinger, 1886 [1] [2]
Species
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Polycaena is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nemeobiinae within the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1886. The species are found in the eastern Palearctic, mainly in the Himalayas. ^[3]

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Polycaena	Polycaena aestivalis Polycaena attila Polycaena banghaasi Polycaena carmelita Polycaena chauchowensis Polycaena helcha Polycaena kansuensis Polycaena lama Polycaena lua Polycaena matuta Polycaena minor Polycaena pallidior Polycaena princeps Polycaena tamerlana Polycaena temir Polycaena timur

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
2. Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.
3. Hemming, A.F. (1967). "The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1967, Suppl. 9.