''Evenus'' is a
butterfly
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 ...
genus in the family
Lycaenidae
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, with species ranging from
North
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Etymology
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to
South America
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.
Species list
* ''
Evenus regalis'' (Cramer, 1775) –
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
[Sermeño, J. M., Robbins, R. K., Lamas, G., & Gámez, J. A. (2013). Cría en laboratorio de las" joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Bioma''.]
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Evenus coronata'' (Hewitson, 1865)– crowned hairstreak
[Neild, A. F., & Bálint, Z. (2014). Notes on the identity of Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) with the description of a remarkably overlooked sibling species. ''Tropical Lepidoptera Research'', 105-120.]
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Evenus gabriela'' (Cramer, 1775)
[Ríos-Málaver, C., & Vargas-Ch, J. I. EL GÉNERO EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) Y SU PRESENCIA EN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) THE GENUS EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) AND ITS PRESENCE IN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE).]
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Evenus batesii'' (Hewitson, 1865)
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Evenus candidus'' (Druce, 1907)
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Evenus sponsa'' (Möschler, 1877)
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Evenus sumptuosa'' (Druce, 1907)
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Evenus tagyra'' (Hewitson, 1865)
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Evenus floralia'' (Druce, 1907)
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Evenus temathea'' (Hewitson, 1865)
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Evenus satyroides'' (Hewitson, 1865)
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Evenus latreillii'' (Hewitson, 1865)
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Evenus felix'' (Neild and Balint, 2014)
References
External links
FunetTaxonomy Distribution Image of ''Evenus regalis''
''Evenus'' images at EOL
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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