''Lepidochrysops'' 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 Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 known butterfl ...

. The members (species) are found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Species

*'' Lepidochrysops aethiopia'' (Bethune-Baker,

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*'' Lepidochrysops abri'' Libert & Collins, 2001 *'' Lepidochrysops albilinea'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops anerius'' (Hulstaert, 1924) *'' Lepidochrysops ansorgei'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops arabicus'' Gabriel, 1954 *'' Lepidochrysops asteris'' (Godart,

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*'' Lepidochrysops auratus'' Quickelberge, 1979 *'' Lepidochrysops australis'' Tite, 1964 *'' Lepidochrysops azureus'' (Butler, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops bacchus'' Riley, 1938 *'' Lepidochrysops badhami'' van Son, 1956 *'' Lepidochrysops balli'' Dickson, 1985 *'' Lepidochrysops barnesi'' Pennington, 1953 *'' Lepidochrysops braueri'' Dickson, 1966 *'' Lepidochrysops budama'' Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops caerulea'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops carsoni'' (Butler, 1901) *'' Lepidochrysops chala'' Kielland, 1980 *'' Lepidochrysops chalceus'' Quickelberge, 1979 *'' Lepidochrysops chittyi'' Henning & Henning, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops chloauges'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923) *'' Lepidochrysops cinerea'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops coxii'' Pinhey, 1945 *'' Lepidochrysops cupreus'' (Neave, 1910) *'' Lepidochrysops delicata'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops desmondi'' Stempffer, 1951 *'' Lepidochrysops dollmani'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops dukei'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops dunni'' Larsen & Collins, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops elgonae'' Stempffer, 1950 *'' Lepidochrysops erici'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops evae'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops flavisquamosa'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops forsskali'' Larsen, 1982 *'' Lepidochrysops fulvescens'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops fumosa'' (Butler, 1886) *'' Lepidochrysops glauca'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops grahami'' (Trimen, 1893) *'' Lepidochrysops grandis'' Talbot, 1937 *'' Lepidochrysops guichardi'' Gabriel, 1949 *'' Lepidochrysops gydoae'' Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops handmani'' Quickelberge, 1980 *'' Lepidochrysops haveni'' Larsen, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops hawkeri'' (Talbot, 1929) *'' Lepidochrysops heathi'' Gardiner, 1998 *'' Lepidochrysops hypopolia'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops ignota'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops intermedia'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops inyangae'' Pinhey, 1945 *'' Lepidochrysops irvingi'' (Swanepoel, 1948) *'' Lepidochrysops jacksoni'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops jamesi'' Swanepoel, 1971 *'' Lepidochrysops jansei'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops jefferyi'' (Swierstra, 1909) *'' Lepidochrysops kennethi'' Kielland, 1986 *'' Lepidochrysops ketsi'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis'' (Strand, 1909) *'' Lepidochrysops kitale'' (Stempffer, 1936) *'' Lepidochrysops koaena'' (Strand, 1911) *'' Lepidochrysops kocak'' Seven, 1997 *'' Lepidochrysops labeensis'' Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2000 *'' Lepidochrysops labwor'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops lerothodi'' (Trimen, 1904) *'' Lepidochrysops letsea'' (Trimen, 1870) *'' Lepidochrysops leucon'' (Mabille, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops littoralis'' Swanepoel & Vári, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops loewensteini'' (Swanepoel, 1951) *'' Lepidochrysops longifalces'' Tite, 1961 *''

Lepidochrysops lotana ''Lepidochrysops lotana'', the Lotana blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from two localities in the Limpopo province, the western slope of the Ysterberg and from Moria ...

'' Swanepoel, 1962 *'' Lepidochrysops loveni'' (Aurivillius, 1922) *'' Lepidochrysops lukenia'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops lunulifer'' (Ungemach, 1932) *'' Lepidochrysops mashuna'' (Trimen, 1894) *'' Lepidochrysops mcgregori'' Pennington, 1970 *'' Lepidochrysops methymna'' (Trimen, 1862) *'' Lepidochrysops michaeli'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops michellae'' Henning & Henning, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops miniata'' Gardiner, 2004 *'' Lepidochrysops mpanda'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops nacrescens'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops neavei'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops negus'' (C. & R. Felder,

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*'' Lepidochrysops neonegus'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops poseidon'' Pringle, 1987 *'' Lepidochrysops praeterita'' Swanepoel, 1962 *'' Lepidochrysops pringlei'' Dickson, 1982 *'' Lepidochrysops procera'' (Trimen, 1893) *'' Lepidochrysops pterou'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops puncticilia'' (Trimen, 1883) *'' Lepidochrysops quassi'' (Karsch, 1895) *'' Lepidochrysops quickelbergei'' Swanepoel, 1969 *'' Lepidochrysops reichenowii'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops rhodesensae'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops ringa'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops robertsoni'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops rossouwi'' Henning & Henning, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops ruthica'' Pennington, 1953 *'' Lepidochrysops skotios'' (Druce, 1905) *'' Lepidochrysops solwezii'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923) *'' Lepidochrysops southeyae'' Pennington, 1967 *'' Lepidochrysops stormsi'' (Robbe, 1892) *'' Lepidochrysops subvariegata'' Talbot, 1935 *'' Lepidochrysops swanepoeli'' Pennington, 1948 *'' Lepidochrysops swartbergensis'' Swanepoel, 1969 *'' Lepidochrysops synchrematiza'' (Bethune-Baker,

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 72Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1761337 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Lycaenidae genera