Aloeides

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Aloeides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Aphnaeini
Genus: Aloeides
Hübner, 1819

Aloeides is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. Most can be found in South Africa, but a few species occur as far north as Kenya.

It contains the following species:

[edit] References

  • Tite & Dickson; The Genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lycaenidae), Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 29:, pages 225-280 (1973)

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