The Oxylidini are a small
tribe
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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
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Lycaenidae
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.
Subtribe Oxylidina
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Oxylidina, of the Theclini
The Theclini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary.
Genera
* '' Amblopala''
* '' Antigius''
* '' Araragi''
* '' Artopoetes''
* '' Austrozephyrus' ...
.
Genera
The tribe contains a mere two genera
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at present, but as not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list is preliminary:
* '' Oxylides''
* '' Syrmoptera''
References
Theclinae
Taxa named by John Nevill Eliot
Butterfly tribes
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