Etesiolaus

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Etesiolaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Lycaenidae
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Etesiolaus
Etesiolaus catori, figure 14
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Iolaini
Genus: Etesiolaus
Stempffer & Bennett, 1959
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Taxonomy

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

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