Rysops
| Rysops | |
|---|---|
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| Male upperside (7) and underside (8) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Rysops Eliot, 1973 |
| Species: | R. scintilla' |
| Binomial name | |
| Rysops scintilla' | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rysops scintilla is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus Rysops.[1] It is found on Madagascar,[4] and its habitat consists of forests.
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- 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Rysops Eliot, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ Mabille, P. (1877). "[M. P. Mabile donne des diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères provenant de Madagascar]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Ser. 5. 7: LXXII.
- ↑ Saalmüller, M. (1884). "Lycaena quadriocularis n. sp.". Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 100–102.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Taf. 1, fig. 7, 8. - ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-06.