''Ministrymon'' is a genus of

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in the family

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. The species of this genus are found in the

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and

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realms.

Species

*'' Ministrymon albimimicus'' (Johnson, 1986) *'' Ministrymon arola'' (Hewitson, 1868) *'' Ministrymon arthuri'' Bálint, Johnson & Austin,

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/small> *'' Ministrymon azia'' (Hewitson, 1873) *'' Ministrymon cleon'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Ministrymon clytie'' (Edwards, 1877) *'' Ministrymon coronta'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Ministrymon cruenta'' (Gosse, 1880) *'' Ministrymon fostera'' (Schaus, 1902) *'' Ministrymon gamma'' (Druce, 1909) *'' Ministrymon inoa'' (Godman & Salvin,

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*'' Ministrymon janevicroy'' Glassberg, 2013 *'' Ministrymon leda'' (Edwards, 1882) *'' Ministrymon ligia'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Ministrymon megacles'' (Stoll,

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*'' Ministrymon ollantaitamba'' (Johnson, Miller & Herrera, 1992) *'' Ministrymon phrutus'' (Geyer, 1832) *'' Ministrymon sanguinalis'' (Burmeister, 1878) *'' Ministrymon una'' (Hewitson, 1873) *'' Ministrymon zilda'' (Hewitson, 1873)

References

* * * , 1998: New species of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) from Southeastern Brazil II. Review of regional Ministrymon and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici'' 90: 195-214. Full article

*, 1992: Two new butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Cuba. ''Caribbean Journal of Science'' 28 (3-4): 149-157. Full article

*, 2013: A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). ''Zookeys'' 305: 1-20. Full article

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