''Eumedonia'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
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 ...
first described by
Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Eumedonia annulata
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae Species description, first described by Walter Forster (entomologist), Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*''Eumedonia annulata'' (Elwes, 1906) Tib ...
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(Elwes, 1906) Tibet
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Eumedonia astorica''
(Evans, 1925) Northwest Himalayas
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Eumedonia eumedon
''Eumedonia eumedon'', the geranium argus, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. This butterfly has been included in the genera ''Plebejus'', ''Plebejus, Plebeius'', ''Polyommatus'' and ''Aricia (butterfly) ...
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(Esper, 1780) – geranium argus
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Eumedonia kogistana''
(Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Darvaz, Pamirs
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Eumedonia lamasem
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae Species description, first described by Walter Forster (entomologist), Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*''Eumedonia annulata'' (Elwes, 1906) Tib ...
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(Oberthür, 1910) Tibet
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Eumedonia persephatta''
(Alphéraky, 1881) ) Hindu Kush - Tian-Shan, Pamirs-Alai
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Eumedonia privata''
(Staudinger, 1895) West Himalayas
References
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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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