''Mantoides'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. Its only species, ''Mantoides gama'', the Distant's Imperial, was first described by William Lucas Distant in 1886. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

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Iolaini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce Monotypic butterfly genera {{Lycaenidae-stub