''Trichonis'' is a
Neotropical genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae.
One species, ''Trichonis immaculata'', is a small blue butterfly found in the
West Indies. The outer edges of the forewings are dark blue with the remainder of the wings being a light blue. They are about 30 mm wide and 25 mm long.
Other species share the "dark around the edges" effect.
Species
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Trichonis hyacinthus''
(Cramer, 775
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Trichonis immaculata''
Lathy, 1930
References
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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