Brephidium
Brephidium | |
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Brephidium exilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Brephidium Scudder, 1876 |
Species | |
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Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas; the third is found in South Africa.
Species
- Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) - western pygmy blue
- Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
- Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873)
External links
Wikispecies has information related to: Brephidium |
- ITIS Lepidoptera
- Brephidium at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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