Cordelia is a genus of

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butterflies in the family

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. The species are

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to temperate

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Species

* '' Cordelia comes'' Leech, 1890

** ''C. c. wilemaniella'' (Matsumura, 1919 (1929?)) Taïwan ** ''C. c. koizumii'' Koiwaya, 1996 * '' Cordelia kitawakii'' Koiwaya, 1996 = ''Pseudogonerilia kitawakii'' China (Sichuan, Dabashan) * '' Cordelia minerva'' (Leech, 1890) China ** ''C. m. jinfoshanensis'' Koiwaya, 2000"''Cordelia'' Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

References

Theclini Lycaenidae genera {{Theclinae-stub