Pseudolycaena
Genus of butterflies
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Pseudolycaena is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are at two described species in Pseudolycaena found in Mexico, Central America, and South America, according to research published in 2019.[1][2]
| Pseudolycaena | |
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| Pseudolycaena marsyas, Brasil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858 |
Species
These species belong to the genus Pseudolycaena:[1][2]
- Pseudolycaena damo (H. Druce, 1875) (Mexico to Panama, else disjunct Ecuador to Peru)
- Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758) (South America)
From one to five species have been classified in this genus in the past,[3] but phylogenetic analyses published in 2019 could not confirm the validity of more than two species, and excluded Pseudolycaena cybele, Pseudolycaena dorcas, and Pseudolycaena nellyae.[2][4][5]
