Tomares (butterfly)
Tomares | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Theclinae |
Tribe: | Tomarini |
Genus: | Tomares Rambur, 1840 |
Species | |
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Tomares is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. They are presently the only genus in the tribe Tomarini. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, this is preliminary however.
Species
- Provence Hairstreak or Cardenillo, Tomares ballus
- Tomares callimachus
- Tomares desinens
- Tomares fedtschenkoi
- Moroccan Hairstreak, Tomares mauretanicus
- Tomares nogelii
- Tomares romanovi
- Tomares telemachus