''Lampides'' 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.
It currently consists of one
species: ''
Lampides boeticus
''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.
Etymology
The Latin species name ''boeticus'' refers to Baetica, a province of the Roman Empire in the Iber ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767), the peablue or long-tailed blue. ''Lampides'' used to contain other species, most of which have now been moved to the genus ''
Jamides''.
External links
''Lampides boeticus''at Captain's European Butterfly Guide
Lycaenidae genera
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