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Ionolyce is a small genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. I. helicon is widespread in the Indoaustralasian region (India to the Malay Archipelago. I selkon and I.brunnescens are both endemic to the Solomon Islands.[2]
Ionolyce | |
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Ionolyce helicon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929 [1] |
Description
editMedium-sized blues , the hindwing with a thin, white-tipped tail. The male's upper side is blue violet, the female is brown with scattered blue scales. The underside is brown with fine, white transverse stripes and an orange spot at the rear corner of the hind wing.
Species
edit- Ionolyce brunnescens Tite, 1963
- Ionolyce helicon (Felder, 1860)
- Ionolyce selkon Parsons, 1986
References
edit- "Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Ionolyce.
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- Images representing Ionolyce at Bold