Thepytus

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Thepytus
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Thepytus arindela, figures 491 and 492
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Thepytus

Robbins, 2004

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

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References

  1. "Thepytus Robbins, 2004" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms