Acytolepis

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Acytolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Acytolepis
(Toxopeus, 1927)
Species

A. puspa (Horsfield, 1828)
A. lilacea (Hampson, 1889)

Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Taxonomy

The type specimen for the genus Acytolepis is the butterfly Acytolepis puspa.[1] [2].

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Species card for genus Acytolepis Accessed 14 October 2006.
  2. ^ Species card for species puspa in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 14 October 2006].
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