''Spalgis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 ...

. ''Spalgis'' are found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea an ...

(

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 ...

), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1879.

Species

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Spalgis asmus ''Spalgis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ''Spalgis'' are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879. Species *'' Spa ...

'' Parsons, 1986 *''

Spalgis baiongus ''Spalgis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ''Spalgis'' are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879. Species *''Spal ...

'' Cantlie & Norman, 1960 *''

Spalgis epius ''Spalgis epius'', the apefly, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It gets its name from the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape. Description Male Upperside: du ...

'' (Westwood, 851 *''

Spalgis jacksoni ''Spalgis jacksoni'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Af ...

'' Stempffer, 1967 *''

Spalgis lemolea ''Spalgis lemolea'', the lemolea harvester or African apefly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivor ...

'' Druce, 1890 *''

Spalgis takanamii ''Spalgis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ''Spalgis'' are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879. Species *''Spal ...

'' Eliot, 1984 *''

Spalgis tintinga ''Spalgis tintinga'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagasc ...

'' (Boisduval, 1833)

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at Bold Miletinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Miletinae-stub