''Monodontides'' is a genus of
butterflies
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 ...
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
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 Ind ...
and the bordering
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The ...
.
Species
*Subgenus ''Buakraengius''
Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
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Monodontides cara''
(de Nicéville, 1898)
*Subgenus ''Monodontides''
Toxopeus, 1927
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Monodontides apona''
(Fruhstorfer, 1910)
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Monodontides argioloides''
(Rothschild, 1915)
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Monodontides chapmani
''Monodontides chapmani'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Buru
Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the so ...
''
Cassidy, 2003
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Monodontides hondai''
Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
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Monodontides kolari''
(Ribbe, 1926)
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Monodontides luzonensis''
Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
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Monodontides musina''
(Snellen, 1892)
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Monodontides ternatensis''
Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
References
Further reading
*D'Abrera, B., 1978. ''Butterflies of the Australian Region'', edn 2. 415 pp. Melbourne.
*Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. ''Blue butterflies of the ''Lycaenopsis'' group'': 1-309, 6 pls. London
*Toxopeus, 1927b-1928: Eine Revision der javanischen, zu ''Lycaenopsis'' und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs.
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus
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