''Timelaea'' 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 ...
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
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...
. The genus was erected by
Hippolyte Lucas
Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas (17 January 1814 – 5 July 1899) was a French entomologist.
Lucas was an assistant- naturalist at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. From 1839 to 1842 he studied fauna as part of the scientific commission on the e ...
in 1883.
Species
*''
Timelaea maculata''
(Bremer & Grey, 852
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Year 852 ( DCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* March 4 – Trpimir I, duke ('' knez'') of Croatia, and founder of the ...
*''
Timelaea albescens''
(Oberthür, 1886)
*''
Timelaea aformis''
Chou, 1994
*''
Timelaea radiata''
Chou & Wang, 1994
*''
Timelaea nana''
Leech, 1893
External links
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Apaturinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Hippolyte Lucas
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