Etesiolaus

Etesiolaus
Fig. 14. Etesiolaus catori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Etesiolaus
Stempffer & Bennett, 1959

Etesiolaus is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.The members (species) of this genus are found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

Taxonomy

The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Iolaus, but was raised to genus level by Collins et al. in 2003.[1]

Species

References

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