The members (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 ...

. ''Johnsonita'' 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 ...

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Species

*'' Johnsonita assula'' (Draudt, 1919) * '' Johnsonita auda'' (Hewitson, 1867) * '' Johnsonita catadupa'' (Hewitson, 1869) * '' Johnsonita chlamydem'' (Druce, 1907) * '' Johnsonita johnbanksi'' Bálint, 2003 * '' Johnsonita johnsoni'' Salazar & Constantino, 1995 * '' Johnsonita pardoa'' (D'Abrera, 1995) * ''Johnsonita'' spp. – 11 undescribed

References

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