''Leptomyrina'' 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
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 ...
. The species of this genus are found in the
Afrotropical realm
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.
Species
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Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
''Leptomyrina''
Butler, 1898
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Leptomyrina boschi''
Strand, 1911
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Leptomyrina hirundo''
(Wallengren, 1857)
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Leptomyrina makala''
Bethune-Baker, 1908
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Leptomyrina phidias''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Leptomyrina sudanica''
Stempffer, 1964
*Subgenus ''Gonatomyrina''
Aurivillius, 1924
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Leptomyrina gorgias''
(Stoll, 790
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Leptomyrina handmani''
Gifford, 1965
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Leptomyrina henningi''
Dickson, 1976
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Leptomyrina lara''
(Linnaeus, 1764)
External links
''Leptomyrina''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Hypolycaenini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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