The Luciini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]

Luciini
Philiris diana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Luciini
Genera

Presently 8, see text

Genera

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Though containing few genera at present, some of these have numerous species. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary:

References

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  1. ^ Sands, Donald (1982-01-01). The ecology, biogeography and systematics of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) (PhD Thesis thesis). The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2014.573.