''Catochrysops'' is a
genus
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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 coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
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. The species of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan and the
Australasian
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realms.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Catochrysops amasea''
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 Torres Strait Island,
Rennell Island
Rennell Island, locally known as Mugaba, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province in the nation state of Solomon Islands. Rennell Island has a land area of that is about long and wide. It is th ...
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Catochrysops lithargyria''
(Moore, 1877)
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Catochrysops nubila''
Tite, 1959 Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Santa Isabel)
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Catochrysops panormus''
(C. Felder, 1860)
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Catochrysops strabo
''Catochrysops strabo'', the forget-me-not, is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, from Sikkim to I ...
''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Catochrysops strabobinna''
Swinhoe, 1916 Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes, Talaud, Tukangbesi, Sula, Maluku
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Catochrysops taitensis''
(Boisduval, 1832) Fiji, New Hebrides
In some classifications, ''Catochrysops'' also includes ''
Rysops'' as a monotypic
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
.
References
Lycaenidae genera
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