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Cebrella

Cebrella is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by John Nevill Eliot and Akito Kawazoe in 1983.

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Cebrella
Cebrella lingga hollowayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Cebrella
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Cebrella is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by John Nevill Eliot and Akito Kawazoe in 1983.

Species

Subgenus Cebrella

  • Cebrella pellecebra (Frühstorfer, 1910) Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra
  • Cebrella penelope Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Philippines (Mindanao)

Subgenus Chelakina Eliot & Kawazoé, 1984

  • Cebrella malanga (Chapman, 1911) Borneo
  • Cebrella nigerrima (Moulton, 1911) Borneo, Pahang
  • Cebrella lingga (Moulton, 1912) Sarawak
External links
  • Savela, Markku (January 6, 2017). "Cebrella Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  • Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Cebrella". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on July 8, 2000 – via Internet Archive. With images.