''Deloneura'' is a 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 ...
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Afrotropics
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 ...
.
Species
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Deloneura abri''
Congdon & Collins, 1998
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Deloneura barca''
(Grose-Smith, 1901)
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Deloneura immaculata''
Trimen, 1868
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Deloneura millari''
Trimen, 1906
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Deloneura ochrascens''
(Neave, 1904)
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Deloneura sheppardi''
Stevenson, 1934
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Deloneura subfusca''
Hawker-Smith, 1933
External links
Deloneura at funet
Poritiinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Roland Trimen
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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