Cacyreus
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Cacyreus is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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| Cacyreus lingeus, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Cacyreus Butler, [1898] |
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Species
- Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus dicksoni Pennington, 1962
- Cacyreus ethiopicus Tite, 1961
- Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, [1782])
- Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982
- Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
- Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
- Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
