''Tmolus'' 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 ...
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
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1819.
Species
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Tmolus crolinus''
Butler & H. Druce, 1872
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Tmolus cydrara''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Tmolus echion''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Tmolus mutina''
(Hewitson, 1867)
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Tmolus ufentina''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Tmolus venustus''
(H. H. Druce, 1907)
References
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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