Thestius (butterfly)

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Thestius
Selina hairstreak (Thestius selina) male.JPG
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 family of insects

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.

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T. azaria , figures 65 and 66

Species

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