The Hypolycaenini are a small
tribe
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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
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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 ...
. It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Hypolycaenina, of the
Theclini
The Theclini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary.
Genera
* '' Amblopala''
* '' Antigius''
* '' Araragi''
* '' Artopoetes''
* '' Austrozephyrus' ...
.
Genera
As not all
Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary:
Subtribe Hypolycaenina
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* '' Hemiolaus''
* '' Hypolycaena''
* '' Chliaria''
* '' Zeltus''
* '' Leptomyrina''
References
Theclinae
Butterfly tribes
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