''Cyanophrys'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

erected by William J. Clench in 1961. The species of this genus are found in the

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

and

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

realms.

Species

*'' Cyanophrys acaste'' (Prittwitz, 1865) *'' Cyanophrys agricolor'' (Butler & H. Druce, 1872) *''

Cyanophrys amyntor ''Cyanophrys amyntor'', the Amyntor greenstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the lowland tropics from Mexico to Brazil. It is known in the United States from a single specimen from the Big Bend region of western Texas ...

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*'' Cyanophrys argentinensis'' (Clench, 1946) *'' Cyanophrys banosensis'' (Clench, 1944) *'' Cyanophrys bertha'' (E. D. Jones, 1912) *'' Cyanophrys crethona'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Cyanophrys fusius'' (Godman & Salvin,

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Cyanophrys goodsoni ''Cyanophrys goodsoni'', known generally as the Goodson's greenstreak or Goodson's hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nym ...

'' (Clench, 1946) *'' Cyanophrys herodotus'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Cyanophrys longula'' (Hewitson, 1868) *'' Cyanophrys miserabilis'' (Clench, 1946) *'' Cyanophrys pseudolongula'' (Clench, 1944) *'' Cyanophrys remus'' (Hewitson, 1868) *'' Cyanophrys roraimiensis'' Johnson & Smith, 1993 *'' Cyanophrys velezi'' Johnson & Kruse, 1997

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* Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South America Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by William J. Clench Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Eumaeini-stub