Pseudolycaena
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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| Specimen of Pseudolycaena marsyas from Guyana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858 |
Pseudolycaena is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
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- Pseudolycaena cybele (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
- Pseudolycaena damo (Druce, 1875)
- Pseudolycaena dorcas (H. H. Druce, 1907)
- Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pseudolycaena nellyae (Lamas, 1975)
Distribution
Species of this genus occur in Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina.
References
- ^ AUSTIN, George T.; MILLER, Lee D.; MILLER, Jacqueline Y. Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 2007.
- "Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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