Rhinelephas

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Rhinelephas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Rhinelephas
Toxopeus, 1927

Rhinelephas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. [1]

Species

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References

  1. "Rhinelephas Toxopeus, 1927" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms