Thestius | |
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Male T. selina at the Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Thestius Hübner, 1819 |
Thestius is a genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropic ecozone.
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.
Astraptes is the genus of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
Flos is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.
Eunica is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Thereus is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies. Among these, it belongs belong to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies occur essentially all over the Neotropics.
Capys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Tarsoctenus is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Pyrginae).
Sevenia, commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. There are fourteen species from continental Africa and two species from Madagascar. See Idea for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.
Adelotypa is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. They are found in South America.
Ancyluris is a butterfly genus in the family Riodinidae. They are resident in the Neotropics.
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