''Cyanophrys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
erected by
William J. Clench in 1961. The species of this genus are found in the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
and
Neotropical realms.
Species
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Cyanophrys acaste''
(Prittwitz, 1865)
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Cyanophrys agricolor''
(Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
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Cyanophrys amyntor
''Cyanophrys amyntor'', the Amyntor greenstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the lowland tropics from Mexico to Brazil. It is known in the United States from a single specimen from the Big Bend region of western Texas ...
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(Cramer, 775
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Cyanophrys argentinensis''
(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys banosensis''
(Clench, 1944)
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Cyanophrys bertha''
(E. D. Jones, 1912)
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Cyanophrys crethona''
(Hewitson, 1874)
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Cyanophrys fusius''
(Godman & Salvin, 887
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Events
By place
Europe
* November 17 – East Frankish magnates revolt against the ...
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Cyanophrys goodsoni
''Cyanophrys goodsoni'', known generally as the Goodson's greenstreak or Goodson's hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-fo ...
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(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys herodotus''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Cyanophrys longula''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Cyanophrys miserabilis''
(Clench, 1946)
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Cyanophrys pseudolongula''
(Clench, 1944)
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Cyanophrys remus''
(Hewitson, 1868)
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Cyanophrys roraimiensis''
Johnson & Smith, 1993
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Cyanophrys velezi''
Johnson & Kruse, 1997
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Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William J. Clench
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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