''Brangas'' is a genus of

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s in the

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family

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, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in ''Brangas''.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Brangas'': * '' Brangas caranus'' (Stoll, 1780) - western

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, south to southern

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* '' Brangas carthaea'' (Hewitson, 1868) -

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to western

* '' Brangas coccineifrons'' (Godman & Salvin, 1887) - Mexico to western Ecuador * '' Brangas dydimaon'' (Cramer, 1777) - Amazonian Region * '' Brangas felderi'' (Goodson, 1945) -

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* '' Brangas getus'' (Fabricius, 1787) - Mexico to

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, and southern Brazil * '' Brangas insolitus'' Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Ecuador to Peru * '' Brangas moserorum'' Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Paraguay and southern Brazil * '' Brangas neildonatus'' Bálint & Faynel, 2008 -

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n northern coast. * '' Brangas neora'' (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico to southern Brazil * '' Brangas polonus'' Bálint, 2008 - Peru to

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* '' Brangas rambutorum'' Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest. * '' Brangas rita'' (Goodson, 1945) -

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to western Colombia and Ecuador * '' Brangas silumena'' (Hewitson, 1867) - Paraguay and Brazil * '' Brangas teucria'' (Hewitson, 1868) - Amazonian Region * '' Brangas torfrida'' (Hewitson, 1867) -

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, Amazonian and Atlantic regions Brangas neora.jpg, ''Brangas neora'', México Brangas silumena - inat 363649607.jpg, ''Brangas silumena'', Brasil Brangas rambutorum - inat 339983466.jpg, ''Brangas rambutorum'', Colombia

References

External links

* Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South America Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Eumaeini-stub