''Bothrinia'' is a genus 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 ...
. Known from southern China, India (Assam) and northern Thailand.
There are two species.
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Bothrinia chennellii''
(de Nicéville, 1884)
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Bothrinia nebulosa
''Bothrinia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Known from southern China, India (Assam) and northern Thailand.
There are two species.
*''Bothrinia chennellii
''Bothrinia chennellii'', the hedge Cupid, is a small butterfly fou ...
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(Leech, 1890) China
References
"''Bothrinia'' Chapman, 1909"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms''
Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Thomas Algernon Chapman
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