''Acrodipsas'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. There are ten species in this genus all endemic to the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...

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Acrodipsas arcana ''Acrodipsas arcana'', the black-veined ant-blue or arcana ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found inland on hills in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia. Adults have a wingspan The wingspan ...

'' - black-veined ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas aurata ''Acrodipsas aurata'', the golden ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the mountains of New South Wales and northern Victoria in Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is th ...

'' - golden ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas brisbanensis ''Acrodipsas brisbanensis'', the bronze ant-blue or large ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on the larvae of the ant species ''Papyrius nitidus ''Pa ...

'' - bronze ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas cuprea ''Acrodipsas cuprea'', the copper ant-blue or cuprea ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia, from southern Queensland to Victoria. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on the larvae of ''Crematog ...

'' - copper ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas decima ''Acrodipsas decima'', the Decima ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in a small area of the Northern Territory in Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from o ...

'' - Decima ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas hirtipes ''Acrodipsas hirtipes'', the hirtipes ant-blue or black ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Northern Territory and on the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird ...

'' - black ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas illidgei Illidge's ant-blue butterfly (''Acrodipsas illidgei''), is an endangered species of butterfly endemic to Australia. This species can be found at six confirmed sites: Mary River Heads, Beaver Rock and Maaroom in the Mary River Region; Redland B ...

'' - Illidge's ant-blue, mangrove ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas melania The grey ant-blue (''Acrodipsas melania'') is a butterfly native to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian ...

'' - grey ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas mortoni ''Acrodipsas mortoni'', the brown ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in inland New South Wales and southern Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, so ...

'' - brown ant-blue *''

Acrodipsas myrmecophila ''Acrodipsas myrmecophila'', the small ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the south-east of Australia. The wingspan is about 25 mm. The larvae feed on the larvae of the ant species ''Papyrius nitidus''. The but ...

'' - small ant-blue

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Tree of Life ''Acrodipsas''
Luciini Butterflies of Australia Lycaenidae genera {{Theclinae-stub