''Alpherakya'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
genus
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of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 known butterfly ...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Alpherakya devanica
''Alpherakya devanica'' is a species of Lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterfl ...
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(Moore, 875
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Alpherakya pilgram
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic 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 c ...
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(Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Central Asia
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Alpherakya sarta
''Alpherakya sarta'' is a Palearctic species of lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged b ...
''
(Alphéraky, 1881)
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Alpherakya sartoides
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* '' Alpherakya devanica'' (Moore, 875
* ''Alpherakya pilgram
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies
Butterf ...
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(Swinhoe, 1910) Darvaz, Alai, Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North India.
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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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