Arletta
''Arletta'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ... and subgenus of '' Oreolyce''. The type species is ''Arletta vardhana'', now in the '' Oreolyce'' genus. References Lycaenidae Lycaenidae genera {{Lycaenidae-stub ...
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Butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take sever ...
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Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae). Description, food, and life cycle Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. Lycaenidae wings are generally blue or green. More than half of these butterflies depend on ants in some way. Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larvae are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the substrates they inhabit. They use these sounds to commun ...
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Oreolyce
''Oreolyce'' is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae."''Oreolyce'' Toxopeus, 1927"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

Subgenus

''Oreolyce'' * '' Oreolyce quadriplaga'' (Snellen, 1892) – Naga hedge blue * '' Oreolyce archena'' (Corbet, 1940) * '' Oreolyce bou ...
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Arletta Vardhana
''Arletta'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae and subgenus of ''Oreolyce''. The type species is ''Arletta vardhana'', now in the ''Oreolyce ''Oreolyce'' is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.