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Cupidesthes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Cupidesthes

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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