''Eooxylides'' 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 ...

. 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 Ind ...

Species

*''

Eooxylides tharis ''Eooxylides tharis'', the branded imperial, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends acr ...

'' (Geyer,

837 __NOTOC__ Year 837 ( DCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. ...

*'' Eooxylides etias'' (Distant & Pryer, 1887) *'' 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 {{Theclinae-stub