Callenya Lenya
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Species

*'' Callenya kaguya'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Palawan *'' Callenya lenya'' (Evans, 1932) *'' Callenya melaena'' (Doherty, 1889)


References

Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub