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Chalybs

Chalybs is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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Chalybs
Chalybs chloris, figs. 659 and 660
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Chalybs
Hübner, 1819

Chalybs is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.123

Species

The genus Chalybs includes:1

  • Chalybs cecina (Hewitson, 1868) Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela
  • Chalybs chloris (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Southeastern)
  • Chalybs hassan (Stoll, [1790]) Mexico to Colombia, Brazil, Guyanas
  • Chalybs janias (Cramer, [1779]) Mexico to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyanas, Peru, Venezuela,
  • Chalybs lineata (Lathy, 1936) Ecuador
  • Chalybs mitaraka Faynel, 2019 Venezuela, Guyanas
References

References

  1. Christophe Faynel (October 2019). "Le genre Chalybs Hübner, [1819] avec la description d'une nouvelle espèce du plateau des Guyanes (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)". Lambillionea (in French). 119 (3): 1–34. ISSN 0774-2819. Wikidata Q140274364.
  2. "Chalybs Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Generic Names and their Type-species". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
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