Pseudolycaena

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Pseudolycaena
Lycaenidae - Pseudolycaena marsyas.JPG
Specimen of Pseudolycaena marsyas from Guyana
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Pseudolycaena

Wallengren, 1858

Pseudolycaena is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

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Species

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Distribution

Species of this genus occur in Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina.

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References

  1. AUSTIN, George T.; MILLER, Lee D.; MILLER, Jacqueline Y. Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 2007.