''Theclopsis'' 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 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 ...
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Species
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Theclopsis demea''
(Hewitson, 1874) Nicaragua, Panama
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Theclopsis lydus
'' Theclopsis lydus '' is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.Bernard d'Abrera, 1995 ''Butterflies of the Neotropical Region'' Hill House/Lansdown ...
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(Hübner, 819
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Year 819 ( DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithard ...
Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
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Theclopsis murex
''Theclopsis murex'' is a Neotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the ca ...
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(Druce, 1907) Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro)
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Theclopsis leos''
(Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica
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Theclopsis epidius''
(Godman & Salvin, 887
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Year 887 ( DCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 17 – East Frankish magnates revolt against the inept emperor Charles III (the Fat) in an assembly ...
Panama, Colombia
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Theclopsis gargara''
(Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Pará), Colombia, Panama.
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Theclopsis mycon''
(Godman & Salvin, 887
__NOTOC__
Year 887 ( DCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 17 – East Frankish magnates revolt against the inept emperor Charles III (the Fat) in an assembly ...
Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Amazonas
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Theclopsis aurina''
Robbins, 2002 Colombia
External links
"''Theclopsis'' Godman & Salvin, [1887]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
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