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Lycaenidae Leach, 1815

Gossamer-winged Butterflies

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: ​Papilionoidea
Family: ​Lycaenidae


Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. Wikipedia

Subfamily: Curetinae Distant, 1884
Genera: Curetis
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Curetis bulis bulis

Subfamily: Lycaeninae Leach, 1815
Genera: Heliophorus
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Heliophorus epicles latilimbata
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Heliophorus indicus

Subfamily: Miletinae ​Corbet, 1939
Genera: Miletus, ​Spalgis
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Miletus chinensis learchus
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Spalgis epius

Subfamily: Polyommatinae ​Swainson, 1827
Genera: Acytolepis, Anthene, Caleta, Castalius, Catochrysops, Chilades, Discolampa, Euchrysops, Jamides, Lampides, Leptotes, Nacaduba, Niphanda, Petrelaea, Prosotas, Tarucus, Udara, Zizeeria, ​Zizina
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Acytolepis puspa gisca
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Anthene emolus emolus
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Anthene emolus goberus
Anthene lycaenina lycambes species page link.jpg
Anthene lycaenina lycambes
Anthene lycaenina miya species page link.jpg
Anthene lycaenina miya
Caleta elna noliteia species page link.jpg
Caleta elna noliteia
Caleta roxus pothus species page link.jpg
Caleta roxus pothus
Caleta roxus roxana species page link.jpg
Caleta roxus roxana
Castalius rosimon rosimon species page link.jpg
Castalius rosimon rosimon
Catochrysops panormus exiguus species page link.jpg
Catochrysops panormus exiguus
Catochrysops strabo strabo species page link.jpg
Catochrysops strabo strabo
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Chilades lajus lajus
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Chilades pandava pandava​
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Discolampa ethion ethion
Euchrysops cnejus species page link.jpg
Euchrysops cnejus
Jamides alecto alocina species page link.jpg
Jamides alecto alocina
Jamides celeno aelianus species page link.jpg
Jamides celeno aelianus
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Jamides celeno celeno
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Jamides pura pura
Lampides boeticus species page link.jpg
Lampides boeticus
Leptotes plinius species page link.jpg
Leptotes plinius
Nacaduba angusta kerriana species page link.jpg
Nacaduba angusta kerriana
Nacaduba berenice aphya species page link.jpg
Nacaduba berenice aphya
Nacaduba kurava euplea species page link.jpg
Nacaduba kurava euplea
Nacaduba pactolus continentalis species page link.jpg
Nacaduba pactolus continentalis
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Niphanda asialis
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Petrelaea dana
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Prosotas dubiosa indica
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Prosotas nora ardates
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Prosotas pia marginata
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Tarucus callinara
Udara dilecta dilecta species page link.jpg
Udara dilecta dilecta
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Udara placidula howarthi
Zizeeria maha maha species page link.jpg
Zizeeria maha maha
Zizeeria karsandra species page link.jpg
Zizeeria karsandra
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Zizina otis sangra
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Zizula hylax hylax

Subfamily: ​Riodininae
Genera: Abisara, Archigenes, Dodona, ​Zemeros
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Abisara abnormis
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Abisara fylla
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Archigenes neophron gratius
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Dodona deodata deodata
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Dodona egeon egeon
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Zemeros flegyas allica

Subfamily: Theclinae ​Swainson, 1831
Genera: Amblypodia, Arhopala, Catapaecilma, Cheritra, Cheritrella, Cigaritis, Drupadia, Flos, Hypolycaena, Loxura, Neomyrina, Rapala, Suasa, Surendra, Tajuria, Thaduka, Virachola
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Amblypodia anita anita
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Arhopala aberrans
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Arhopala aeeta
Arhopala abseus indicus species page link.jpg
Arhopala abseus indicus
Arhopala agaba species page link.jpg
Arhopala agaba
Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides species page link.jpg
Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides
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Arhopala birmana birmana
Arhopala centaurus nakula species page link.jpg
Arhopala centaurus nakula
Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus.jpg
Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus
Catapaecilma subochrea species page link.jpg
Catapaecilma subochrea
Cheritra freja evansi species page link.jpg
Cheritra freja evansi
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Cheritra freja freja
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Cheritrella truncipennis
Cigaritis lohita himalayanus species page link.jpg
Cigaritis lohita himalayanus
Cigaritis syama peguanu species page link.jpg
Cigaritis syama peguanu
Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii species page link.jpg
Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii
Drupadia ravindra moorei species page link.jpg
Drupadia ravindra moorei
Flos asoka species page link.jpg
Flos asoka
Flos fulgida fulgida species page link.jpg
Flos fulgida fulgida
Hypolycaena amasa amasa species page link.jpg
Hypolycaena amasa amasa
Hypolycaena erylus himavantus species page link.jpg
Hypolycaena erylus himavantus
Hypolycaena erylus teatus species page link.jpg
Hypolycaena erylus teatus
Loxura atymnus continentalis species page Link.jpg
Loxura atymnus continentalis
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis species page link.jpg
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis
Rapala iarbus iarbus species page link.jpg
Rapala iarbus iarbus
Rapala manea chozeba species page link.jpg
Rapala manea chozeba
Rapala pheretima sequeira​ specis page link.jpg
Rapala pheretima sequeira​
Suasa lisides lisides species page link.jpg
Suasa lisides lisides
Surendra quercetorum quercetorum species page link.jpg
Surendra quercetorum quercetorum
Tajuria cippus cippus species page link.jpg
Tajuria cippus cippus
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Thaduka multicaudata multicaudata
Virachola isocrates species page link.jpg
Virachola isocrates

Unidentified Lycaenidae
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