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Cheritrini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Papilionoidea

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Cheritrini

Similar
  
Loxurini, Hypolycaenini, Remelanini, Cheritra

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The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae; they contain the imperials and allies. Their closest living relatives seem to be the Horagini; indeed, the genus Ahmetia (formerly called Cowania) was in the past often placed there.

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Genera

As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. Dapidodigma, sometimes allied with the Loxurini instead (though this seems to be in error), is the most basal living genus of Cheritrini. The others seem to form a close-knit and more apomorphic radiation.

  • Ahmetia (formerly Cowania)
  • Cheritra – typical imperials
  • Cheritrella – truncate Imperial
  • Dapidodigma
  • Drupadia – posies
  • Ritra
  • Ticherra – blue imperial
  • References

    Cheritrini Wikipedia