''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 ...
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 ...
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
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Cyanophrys acaste''
(Prittwitz, 1865)
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Cyanophrys agricolor''
(Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
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Cyanophrys amyntor''
(Cramer, 775
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Cyanophrys argentinensis''
(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys banosensis''
(Clench, 1944)
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Cyanophrys bertha''
(E. D. Jones, 1912)
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Cyanophrys crethona''
(Hewitson, 1874)
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Cyanophrys fusius''
(Godman & Salvin, 887
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Year 887 ( DCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 17 – East Frankish magnates revolt against the inept emperor Charles III (the Fat) in an assembly ...
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Cyanophrys goodsoni''
(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys herodotus''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Cyanophrys longula''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Cyanophrys miserabilis''
(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys pseudolongula''
(Clench, 1944)
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Cyanophrys remus''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Cyanophrys roraimiensis''
Johnson & Smith, 1993
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Cyanophrys velezi''
Johnson & Kruse, 1997
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Sources
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Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William J. Clench
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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