Brephidium
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
| Brephidium | |
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| Brephidium exilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Brephidium Scudder, 1876 |
Species
The following three species are in the genus Brephidium:[2][1][3][4]
- Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) – western pygmy blue (southern United States to South America)
- Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873) – eastern pygmy blue (southeastern United States)
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