| Thrix | |
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| Thrix scopula scopula from Brunei | |
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| Thrix scopula elioti from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Iolaini |
| Genus: | Thrix Doherty, 1891 |
| Species: | T. scopula |
| Binomial name | |
| Thrix scopula (H. Druce, 1873) | |
Thrix is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Doherty in 1891. Its one species is Thrix scopula, which was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873. [1] It is found in the Indomalayan realm (in Borneo, Thailand, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaya).