| Tomares | |
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| Tomares mauretanicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Tomarini Eliot, 1973 |
| Genus: | Tomares Rambur, 1840 |
| Species [1] | |
Tomares is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. They are presently the only genus in the tribe Tomarini. [2] As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, this is preliminary however. The species are found in the Palearctic. [1]
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Tomares ballus, the Provence hairstreak or cardenillo, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, northern Africa and along the Mediterranean coast of France.
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Tomares mauretanicus, the Moroccan hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
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