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Lamprospilus

Lamprospilus is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.

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Lamprospilus
Lamprospilus collucia from Paz de Ariporo, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Lamprospilus
Geyer, 1832
Synonyms12

Gigantorubra Johnson, 1993

Lamprospilus is a Neotropical12 genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.123 This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.

Description

Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns. Some males have distinctive transparent wing patches. Males and females can appear so distinct that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species.24

Distribution

Lamprospilus sp. are found in both wet and dry lowlands and montane forests in Central and South America from Mexico to central Argentina.24

Species

There are at least seven recognized species:3

  • Lamprospilus azaria (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Lamprospilus bicolor Prieto & Faynel, 2023
  • Lamprospilus decorata Lathy, 1926
  • Lamprospilus draudti Lathy, 1932
  • Lamprospilus genius Geyer, 1832
  • Lamprospilus nicetus (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865)
  • Lamprospilus stegmaier Prieto & Faynel, 2023

Some sources also recognize the following:15

  • Lamprospilus collucia (Hewitson, 1877)
Lamprospilus and other Lycaenidae depicted in William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera source ↗
References

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. Duarte, Marcelo & Robbins, Robert K. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 54 (1): 45–65. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262010000100006.
  3. "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. Costa, Mauro (2019-11-15). "Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part VII. A distinctive Lamprospilus species from the Guiana Highlands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)". Opuscula Zoologica. 50 ((Supplementum 1)). doi:10.18348/opzool.2019.s1.3. hdl:1956/23678. ISSN 0237-5419.
  5. "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 April 2025.