Nabokovia
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| Nabokovia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Nabokovia Hemming, 1960 |
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Nabokovia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies, named by Arthur Francis Hemming in honour of Vladimir Nabokov, who extensively studied the Polyommatinae subfamily.[1][2]
Three species are recognized:[2]
- Nabokovia ada Bálint & Johnson, 1994
- Nabokovia cuzquenha Bálint & Lamas, [1997]
- Nabokovia faga (Dognin 1895)
