| Theclini | |
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| Female purple hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Theclini Swainson, 1830 |
| Genera | |
About 40, see text | |
The Theclini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. [1] [2]
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a diverse subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies.
The Zesiini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
The Oxylidini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Oxylidina, of the Theclini.
The Hypolycaenini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Hypolycaenina, of the Theclini.
Antigius is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm, as well as Taiwan and Myanmar.
Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Famegana is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, Famegana alsulus, the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the Australasian realm.
Favonius is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Zizeeria knysna, the dark grass blue or African grass blue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Africa, on Cyprus and the Iberian Peninsula.
Jameela is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Pseudaletis antimachus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.
Leptotes marginalis, the black-bordered zebra blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia.
Tarucus legrasi, the Le Gras' Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Niger (Aïr), northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya and Somalia. The habitat consists of arid (Sahelian) savanna
Tarucus rosacea, the Mediterranean Pierrot or Mediterranean tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Arabia. The habitat consists of Sudan savanna and the Sahel.
Euchrysops nilotica, the desert blue or milky bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya. The habitat consists of arid Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.
Freyeria minuscula is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of transformed grassland.
Leptotes sanctithomae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on São Tomé Island. The type locality is the settlement of São Nicolau, Mé-Zóchi District. It was described by Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe in 1893.
Anthene leptala is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania.
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