The Loxurini are a small

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 butterfly ...

Genera

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Theclinae The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many trop ...

have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. '' Dapidodigma'', sometimes placed here, rather seems to belong to the

Cheritrini The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae; they contain the imperials and allies. Their closest living relatives seem to be the Horagini; indeed, the genus '' Ahmetia'' (formerly called ''Cowania'') was in the past ...

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Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps wh ...

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Eooxylides ''Eooxylides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species in this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. Species *'' Eooxylides tharis'' (Geyer, 837 __NOTOC__ Year 837 ( DCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Mond ...

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Loxura ''Loxura'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species in this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. Species The genus includes the following species: *'' Loxura atymnus'' (Stoll, 780 __NOTOC__ Year 780 ( DCCLXXX) w ...

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Neomyrina ''Neomyrina'' is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species ''Neomyrina nivea''. ''Neomyrina nivea'' was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salv ...

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Thamala ''Thamala'' is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies 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 call ...

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