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''Eldoradina'' is a
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 bi ...
genus of
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
in the family
Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 the known butterfly ...
found in mountainous regions in
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.Funet
/ref> It contains two species: *'' Eldoradina cyanea'' Balletto, 1993 *'' Eldoradina sylphis'' (Draudt, 1921)


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Images representing ''Eldoradina'' at Butterflies of the Americas
Polyommatini Lycaenidae of South America Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub