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''Pseudodipsas'' 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 ...
with six species, two of which are unnamed."''Pseudodipsas'' C. & R. Felder, 1860"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' They are found in areas of
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and
New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
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Species

*'' Pseudodipsas eone'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) *'' Pseudodipsas cephenes'' Hewitson, 1874 - Cephenes blue *'' Pseudodipsas aurea'' Sands, 1976 *'' Pseudodipsas una'' (D’Abrera, 1971)


References

Luciini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Theclinae-stub