''Chliaria'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
genus in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 known butterfly ...
. The species of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Chliaria balua''
Moulton, 1911 Borneo (Sarawak), Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya
* ''
Chliaria kina''
(Hewitson, 1869)
* ''
Chliaria othona''
(Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Chliaria pahanga''
Corbet, 1938 Peninsular Malaya
* ''
Chliaria tora''
(Kheil, 1884) Nias, Sumatra
External links
"''Chliaria'' Moore, 1884"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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