Diargyria is a genus of butterflies characterized by the presence of silver on their wings. It is notes by its type locality, in fynbos in the Western Cape in South Africa.[1]

Diargyria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cuculliinae
Genus: Diargyria
Krüger, 2005

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References

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  1. ^ Krüger, M. (2009). "Two new representatives of the genus Diargyria Krüger, 2005 from South Africa (Lepidoptera: Noctudinae: Cuculliinae)" (PDF). Metamorphosis. 20 (1). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 29–34.