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The Amblypodiini are a small
tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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 Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
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Genera

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Theclinae The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...
have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary: * ''
Amblypodia ''Amblypodia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Several species formerly placed here are now in ''Arhopala'' and ''Flos'', although this placement is not necessarily definite. The remaining species of ''Amblypodia'' are: * '' ...
'' * '' Iraota'' * '' Myrina'' Theclinae Butterfly tribes {{Theclinae-stub