Pseudolycaena is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
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| Genus: | Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858
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Species
edit- Pseudolycaena cybele (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
- Pseudolycaena damo (Druce, 1875)
- Pseudolycaena dorcas (H. H. Druce, 1907)
- Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pseudolycaena nellyae (Lamas, 1975)
Distribution
editSpecies of this genus occur in Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina.
References
edit- ^ AUSTIN, George T.; MILLER, Lee D.; MILLER, Jacqueline Y. Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 2007.
- "Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms