Pseudolycaena

Pseudolycaena is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Pseudolycaena
Specimen of Pseudolycaena marsyas from Guyana
Scientific classification
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Pseudolycaena

Species

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  • Pseudolycaena cybele (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
  • Pseudolycaena damo (Druce, 1875)
  • Pseudolycaena dorcas (H. H. Druce, 1907)
  • Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pseudolycaena nellyae (Lamas, 1975)

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina.

References

  1. AUSTIN, George T.; MILLER, Lee D.; MILLER, Jacqueline Y. Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 2007.


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