''Chloroselas'' 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. The species of this genus are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
*''
Chloroselas arabica''
(Riley, 1932)
*''
Chloroselas argentea''
Riley, 1932
*''
Chloroselas azurea''
Butler, 1900
*''
Chloroselas esmeralda''
Butler, 886/small>
*'' Chloroselas mazoensis'' (Trimen, 1898)
*'' Chloroselas minima'' Jackson, 1966
*'' Chloroselas ogadenensis'' Jackson, 1966
*'' Chloroselas overlaeti'' Stempffer, 1956
*'' Chloroselas pseudozeritis'' (Trimen, 1873)
*'' Chloroselas tamaniba'' (Walker, 1870)
*'' Chloroselas taposana'' Riley, 1932
*'' Chloroselas trembathi'' Collins & Larsen, 1991
*'' Chloroselas vansomereni'' Jackson, 1966
External links
''Chloroselas'' Butler, [1886]at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Royal Museum of Central AfricaImages
Lycaenidae genera">Chloroselas">
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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