''Cebrella'' is a genus 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
John Nevill Eliot
Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an English entomologist who specialised in Oriental Lepidoptera especially Lycaenidae.
He was born in Woolwich, Lo ...
and Akito Kawazoe in 1983.
Species
Subgenus ''Cebrella''
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Cebrella pellecebra''
(Frühstorfer, 1910) Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra
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Cebrella penelope''
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Philippines (Mindanao)
Subgenus ''Chelakina''
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1984
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Cebrella malanga''
(Chapman, 1911) Borneo
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Cebrella nigerrima''
(Moulton, 1911) Borneo, Pahang
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Cebrella lingga''
(Moulton, 1912) Sarawak
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Lycaenidae genera
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