Biology:Thecla (butterfly)

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Thecla
Lycaenidae - Thecla betulae.JPG
Thecla betulae, lateral view
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Thecla
Fabricius, 1807

Thecla is a genus of butterflies, described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807, belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Palaearctic.

Species

Several, including:

  • Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown hairstreak
  • Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887
  • Thecla ohyai Fujioka, 1994 China, Yunnan, Li-Kiang.
  • Thecla chalybeia, De Nicéville 1892
  • Thecla hemon (Cramer, 1775) formerly in the, then. wastebasket taxon "Thecla" sensu lato
    Thecla hemon
    = Theritas hemon Cramer, 1775
  • Thecla leechii, De Nicéville 1892
  • Thecla letha, (Watson, 1896)
  • Thecla pavo, (De Nicéville, 1887)
  • Thecla ziha, (Hewitson, 1865)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q633744 entry