Decussata (butterfly)
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''Decussata'' 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. It is a
junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of '' Ostrinotes'' Johnson, Austin, Le Crom & Salazar, 1997


References

*Robert K. Robbins and Gerardo Lamas, 2002 Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini(Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) ''Revista Brasileira de Zoologia'' vol.19 supl.1 Curitiba July 200

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