tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
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
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
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 ...
. As not all
Theclinae
The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many trop ...
have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary.
Genera
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Amblopala
''Amblopala'' is a Palearctic and Indomalayan butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species ''Amblopala avidiena'' the Chinese hairstreak. It is a small butterfly found in the Naga Hills of I ...
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Antigius
''Antigius'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm (China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East), as well as Taiwan and Myanmar.
Species
*''Antigius attilia'' (B ...
Artopoetes
''Artopoetes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small east Asian genus of tailless hairstreaks.
Species
* '' Artopoetes praetextatus'' (Fujioka, 1992)
* ''Artopoetes pryeri
''Artopoetes pryeri'' is a small butterf ...
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Austrozephyrus
''Austrozephyrus'' is a genus of butterflies 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 gossa ...
Chrysozephyrus
Chrysozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They were formerly included in ''Thecla''.Cordelia
Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin ''cor'' (gen ...
Gonerilia
''Gonerilia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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Habrodais
''Habrodais'' is a Nearctic genus of butterflies 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 ...
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Howarthia
''Howarthia'' is a genus of butterflies 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 ...
Laeosopis
''Laeosopis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is ''Laeosopis roboris'', the Spanish purple hairstreak, which is found on the Iberian Peninsula and south-eastern France. Portugal
*''L. r. demissa'' Verity, ...
Ravenna
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Thecla
Thecla ( grc, Θέκλα, ) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal '' Acts of Paul and Thecla''.
Church tradition
The ''Act ...
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Thermozephyrus
''Thermozephyrus ataxus'', the wonderful hairstreak, Retrieved April 23, 2018. is a small butterfly found from India to Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as ''Thecla ataxus ...
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Ussuriana
''Ussuriana'' is an east Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
* ''Ussuriana choui'' Wang & Fan, 2000
* ''Ussuriana fani'' Koiwaya, 1993 – China
** ''Ussuriana fani zihaoi'' Huang, 2016 – China
* ''Ussuriana igarash ...