''Cacyreus'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
.
Species
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Cacyreus audeoudi''
Stempffer, 1936
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Cacyreus darius''
(Mabille, 1877)
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Cacyreus dicksoni''
Pennington, 1962
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Cacyreus ethiopicus''
Tite, 1961
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Cacyreus lingeus''
(Stoll, 782
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Cacyreus niebuhri''
Larsen, 1982
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Cacyreus marshalli
The geranium bronze or ''brun des pélargoniums'' in French (''Cacyreus marshalli''), is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The geranium bronze butterfly is native to South Africa. The butterfly was first introduced to Europe in the late 20th ...
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Butler, 1897
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Cacyreus tespis''
(Herbst, 1804)
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Cacyreus virilis''
Stempffer, 1936
External links
''Cacyreus''at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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Lycaenidae genera
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