''Catapaecilma'' 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 ...

. The species of this genus are found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

.D'Abrera, B., 1986. ''Butterflies of the Oriental Region'', Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.

Species (9)

* '' Catapaecilma elegans'' (Druce, 1873) * '' Catapaecilma evansi'' Pendlebury, 1933 (Peninsular Malaya, Nias) * ''

Catapaecilma gracilis ''Catapaecilma'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.D'Abrera, B., 1986. ''Butterflies of the Oriental Region'', Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne ...

'' Semper,

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Catapaecilma harmani ''Catapaecilma'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.D'Abrera, B., 1986. ''Butterflies of the Oriental Region'', Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne ...

'' Cassidy, 1982 (Borneo, Brunei) * '' Catapaecilma lila'' Eliot, 1967 (Peninsular Malaya) * ''

Catapaecilma major ''Catapaecilma major'', the common tinsel, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Thecli ...

'' Druce, 1895 (India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Taiwan, northeast Sumatra, West Java) * ''

Catapaecilma nakamotoi ''Catapaecilma nakamotoi'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1979. It is a rare species, endemic to the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links ...

'' Hayashi, 1979 * ''

Catapaecilma nuydai ''Catapaecilma'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.D'Abrera, B., 1986. ''Butterflies of the Oriental Region'', Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne ...

'' Takanami, 1988 (Philippines, Mindanao, Mount Kitanglad) * '' Catapaecilma subochrea'' Elwes,

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/small> (Burma (Naga Hills to Dawei), Malaya, Thailand)

References

External links

"''Catapaecilma'' Butler, 1879"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Catapaecilmatini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Theclinae-stub