Catapaecilma

Genus of butterflies

Catapaecilma
Catapaecilma major and Catapaecilma subochrea, males from northern Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Catapaecilmatini
Genus: Catapaecilma
Butler, 1879
Species

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Synonyms
  • Catapoecilma Scudder, 1882

Catapaecilma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.[1]

Species (9)

  • Catapaecilma elegans (Druce, 1873)
  • Catapaecilma evansi Pendlebury, 1933 (Peninsular Malaya, Nias)
  • Catapaecilma gracilis Semper, [1890] (Philippines)
  • Catapaecilma harmani Cassidy, 1982 (Borneo, Brunei)
  • Catapaecilma lila Eliot, 1967 (Peninsular Malaya)
  • Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 (India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Taiwan, northeast Sumatra, West Java)
  • Catapaecilma nakamotoi Hayashi, 1979
  • Catapaecilma nuydai Takanami, 1988 (Philippines, Mindanao, Mount Kitanglad)
  • Catapaecilma subochrea Elwes, [1893] (Burma (Naga Hills to Dawei), Malaya, Thailand)

References

  1. ^ D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
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Taxon identifiers
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