Cupidesthes
| Cupidesthes | |
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| Figure 1 Cupidesthes lithas Figure 2 Cupidesthes arescopa Figure 3 Cupidesthes robusta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Lycaenesthini |
| Genus: | Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895[1] |
Cupidesthes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm. The genus Cupidesthes was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1895.
Species
[edit]- Cupidesthes albida (Aurivillius, 1923)
- Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910
- Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966
- Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
- Cupidesthes jacksoni Stempffer, 1969
- Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
- Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
- Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)
- Cupidesthes minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Cupidesthes paludicola (Holland, 1891)
- Cupidesthes paralithas Bethune-Baker, 1926
- Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005
- Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895
- Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
- Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)
- Cupidesthes vidua Talbot, 1929
- Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
References
[edit]- ↑ Cupidesthes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
External links
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Media related to Cupidesthes at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cupidesthes at Wikispecies
- Royal Museum of Central Africa Archived 2012-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Images