''Crudaria'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
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 ...
.
Species
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Crudaria capensis''
van Son, 1956
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Crudaria leroma''
(Wallengren, 1857)
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Crudaria wykehami''
Dickson, 1983
External links
''Crudaria''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Aphnaeinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
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