''Zeritis'' 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 ...
. The species of this genus are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Zeritis aurivillii''
Schultze, 1908
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Zeritis fontainei''
Stempffer, 1956
*''
Zeritis krystyna''
D'Abrera, 1980
*''
Zeritis neriene''
Boisduval, 836
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*'' Zeritis pulcherrima'' Aurivillius, 1923
*'' Zeritis sorhagenii'' (Dewitz, 1879)
External links
"''Zeritis'' Boisduval, [1836]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Aphnaeinae
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Aphnaeinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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