Acytolepis
| Acytolepis | |
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| Acytolepis puspa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Acytolepis (Toxopeus, 1927) |
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Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. The members (species) are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the Australasian ecozone.
Taxonomy
The type specimen for the genus Acytolepis is the butterfly Acytolepis puspa.[1][2]
Species
- Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, 1828)
- Acytolepis lilacea (Hampson, 1889)
- Acytolepis najara (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
- Acytolepis ripte (H.H.Druce, 1895)
- Acytolepis samanga (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Cited references
See also
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].