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Dicya

Dicya is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

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Dicya
Dicya carnica, figure 352
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Dicya
K. Johnson, 1991
Synonyms
  • Caerofethra Johnson, 1991

Dicya is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.1 The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Species

  • Dicya dicaea (Hewitson, 1874) Brazil, Paraguay
  • Dicya carnica (Hewitson, 1873) Mexico to Brazil (Amazonas), Bolivia
  • Dicya iambe (Godman & Salvin, [1887]) Costa Rica, Bolivia, Ecuador
  • Dicya eumorpha (Hayward, 1949) Argentina
  • Dicya lucagus (Godman & Salvin, [1887]) Mexico
  • Dicya lollia (Godman & Salvin, [1887]) Guatemala, Costa Rica
References

References

  1. "Dicya Johnson, 1991" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms