Arawacus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly called stripestreaks. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.
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| Fine-lined stripe-streak (A. sito) in Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Arawacus Kaye, 1904 |
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Species include:
- Arawacus aethesa (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil (Bahia)
- Arawacus aetolus (Sulzer, 1776) Columbia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Bolivia, Suriname
- Arawacus binangula (Schaus, 1902) Brazil (Paraná)
- Arawacus dolylas (Cramer, [1777]) Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia
- Arawacus dumenilii (Godart, [1824]) Venezuela, Trinidad
- Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Arawacus euptychia (Draudt, 1920 Brazil
- Arawacus hypocrita (Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Mexico
- Arawacus jada (Hewitson, 1867) North America – creamy stripe-streak, nightshade hairstreak
- Arawacus leucogyna (C. & R.Felder, 1865) Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
- Arawacus lincoides (Draudt, 1917) Colombia
- Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil
- Arawacus separata (Lathy, 1926) Peru, Paraguay
- Arawacus sito (Boisduval, 1836) Mexico, south to Central America – fine-lined stripe-streak
- Arawacus tadita (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Paraná)
- Arawacus tarania (Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Paraná, Minas Gerais)
- Arawacus togarna (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Bolivia
External links edit
Media related to Arawacus at Wikimedia Commons- Savela, Markku. "Arawacus Kaye, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
