
''Pseudodipsas'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 known butterfly ...
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 Australia and New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
.
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 Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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