Biology:Tuxentius

From HandWiki
Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Tuxentius
SeitzGrossschmett13Plate73, Tuxentius calice & Tuxentius melaena.jpg
T. calice (left) and T. melaena (right)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Tuxentius
Larsen, 1982
Diversity
11 species

Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied Pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called blue pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.[1]

Species

The members of genus Tuxentius are:[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brower (2008), and see references in Savela (2007)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7857189 entry