''Ianusanta'' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

butterfly genus 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 is monotypic containing the single species ''Ianusanta ianusi'' from

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

.Bálint, Z. (2011) Ianusanta ianusi, a new genus and new species of eumaeine lycaenid butterflies from the Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae). ''Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural'' 15: 224-230.

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Lycaenidae of South America Eumaeini Monotypic butterfly genera {{Lycaenidae-stub