Rysops

Rysops
	Male upperside (7) and underside (8)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Rysops; Eliot, 1973
Species:	R. scintilla'
Binomial name
	Rysops scintilla'; (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
	Lycaena scintilla Mabille, 1877; Catochrysops (Rysops) scintilla; Lycaena quadriocularis Saalmüller, 1884;

Rysops scintilla is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus Rysops.¹ It is found on Madagascar,⁴ and its habitat consists of forests.

References

Savela, Markku. "Rysops Eliot, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
Mabille, P. (1877). "[M. P. Mabile donne des diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères provenant de Madagascar]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Ser. 5. 7: LXXII.
Saalmüller, M. (1884). "Lycaena quadriocularis n. sp.". Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 100–102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Taf. 1, fig. 7, 8.
"Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

[funet-1] Savela, Markku. "Rysops Eliot, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

[Mabille,_1877-2] Mabille, P. (1877). "[M. P. Mabile donne des diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères provenant de Madagascar]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Ser. 5. 7: LXXII.

[Saalmüller_1884-3] Saalmüller, M. (1884). "Lycaena quadriocularis n. sp.". Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 100–102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Taf. 1, fig. 7, 8.

[ATBUT-4] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

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