''Deloneura'' 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 ...
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Afrotropics.
Species
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Deloneura abri''
Congdon & Collins, 1998
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Deloneura barca
''Deloneura barca'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola
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(Grose-Smith, 1901)
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Deloneura immaculata''
Trimen, 1868
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Deloneura millari
''Deloneura millari'', the Millar's buff, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. The habitat consists of coastal bush and moist savannah.
The wingspan is 23–27 mm for males and 24– ...
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Trimen, 1906
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Deloneura ochrascens''
(Neave, 1904)
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Deloneura sheppardi''
Stevenson, 1934
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Deloneura subfusca
''Deloneura subfusca'', the dusky buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the southern part of the country to Lualaba), Tanzania (from the south-west to Mpanda), Zambia, Malawi a ...
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Hawker-Smith, 1933
External links
Deloneura at funet
Poritiinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Roland Trimen
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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