''Ogyris'' is an
Australasian
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genus of
butterflies
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in the family
Lycaenidae
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.
Species
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Ogyris abrota''
Westwood, 1851
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Ogyris aenone''
Waterhouse, 1902
*''
Ogyris amaryllis''
Hewitson, 1862
*''
Ogyris aurantiaca''
Rebel, 1912
*''
Ogyris barnardi''
Miskin, 1890
*''
Ogyris faciepicta''
Strand, 1911
*''
Ogyris genoveva''
Hewitson, 853
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Year 853 ( DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* May 22 – A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and destroys the port city of Damietta, lo ...
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*'' Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890)
*'' Ogyris ianthis'' Waterhouse, 1900
*'' Ogyris idmo'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris iphis'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
*'' Ogyris meeki'' Rothschild, 1900
*'' Ogyris olane'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris oroetes'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris otanes'' C. & R. Felder, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ...
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*'' Ogyris subterrestris'' Field, 1999
*'' Ogyris zosine'' Hewitson, 853
__NOTOC__
Year 853 ( DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* May 22 – A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and destroys the port city of Damietta, lo ...
/small>
References
* ; ; 2011: The nomenclature of ''Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''
Australian Entomologist
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In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication designed to further the progress of science by disseminating new research findings to the scientifi ...
'', 38(1): 29-36
PDF of whole issue*, 1988.
Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)''. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
* 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology'', 28
371-505
* 2010: The taxonomy of ''Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''
Australian Journal of Entomology
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'', 49(2): 114-120.
*, 1971. ''Australian Butterflies''. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne.
*, 1998. ''The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea'' Academic Press,
*,
851
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Year 851 ( DCCCLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Asia
* Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate, is captured by the Abbasi ...
In 1846-1852, '' The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera'', 2. pp
251-534pls. 31-80
+ suppl. pl. London.
External links
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Arhopalini
Lycaenidae genera
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