Camissecla is a genus of
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 fossi ...
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 ...
. The genus was erected by Robert K. Robbins and Marcelo Duarte in 2004. The species of this genus are found in the
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
.
Species
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Camissecla charichlorus''
(Butler & H. Druce, 1872) Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
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Camissecla simasca''
(Draudt, 1920) Colombia
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Camissecla gedrosia''
(Hewitson, 1868) Brazil
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Camissecla camissa''
(Hewitson, 1870) Guatemala, Ecuador
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Camissecla cleocha''
(Hewitson, 1870) Ecuador
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Camissecla pactya''
(Hewitson, 1874) Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador
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Camissecla vespasianus''
(Butler & H. Druce, 1872) Costa Rica, Guatemala
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Camissecla melma''
(Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Panama
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Camissecla saphronotis''
(Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993) Ecuador
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Camissecla ledaea''
(Hewitson, 1868) Brazil
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Camissecla vesper''
(H. H. Druce, 1909) Colombia, Peru, French Guiana
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Camissecla verbenaca''
(H. H. Druce, 1907) Brazil
External links
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Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
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