Cupidesthes

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus

Similar Tetrarhanis, Lachnocnema, Pentila pauli

Cupidesthes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The genus Cupidesthes was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1895.

Species

Cupidesthes albida (Aurivillius, 1923)

Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910

Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966

Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998

Cupidesthes jacksoni Stempffer, 1969

Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)

Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)

Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)

Cupidesthes minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Cupidesthes paludicola (Holland, 1891)

Cupidesthes paralithas Bethune-Baker, 1926

Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005

Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895

Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005

Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)

Cupidesthes vidua Talbot, 1929

Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966

References

Cupidesthes Wikipedia

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