Biology:Ptelina

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Ptelina
Ptelina carnuta as Durbania carnuta figures 1,2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ptelina Clench, 1965

Ptelina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is endemic to the Afrotropics.

Species

• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Ptelina subhyalina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61

Wikidata ☰ Q4562955 entry