''Eooxylides'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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 butterfl ...
. The species in this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
.
Species
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Eooxylides tharis''
(Geyer, 837
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine ...
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Eooxylides etias''
(Distant & Pryer, 1887)
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Eooxylides meduana''
(Hewitson, 1869)
External links
"''Eooxylides'' Doherty, 1889"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Doherty
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