Lamprospilus
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| Lamprospilus | |
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| Lamprospilus collucia from Paz de Ariporo, Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832 |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Gigantorubra Johnson, 1993 | |
Lamprospilus is a Neotropical[1][2] genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.
Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns. Some males have distinctive transparent wing patches. Males and females can appear so distinct that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species.[2][4]
