''Eumedonia'' is a
Palearctic genus of
butterflies 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 butterf ...
first described by
Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Eumedonia annulata
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies 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 c ...
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(Elwes, 1906) Tibet
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Eumedonia astorica
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*''Eumedonia annulata
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the fami ...
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(Evans, 1925) Northwest Himalayas
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Eumedonia eumedon''
(Esper, 1780) – geranium argus
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Eumedonia kogistana
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*''Eumedonia annulata'' (Elwes, 1906) Tibet
*''Eumedonia astorica
''Eumedonia'' is a ...
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(Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Darvaz, Pamirs
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Eumedonia lamasem
''Eumedonia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Walter Forster in 1938.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*''Eumedonia annulata'' (Elwes, 1906) Tibet
*''Eumedonia astorica'' (Evans, 1925) Northwe ...
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(Oberthür, 1910) Tibet
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Eumedonia persephatta''
(Alphéraky, 1881) ) Hindu Kush - Tian-Shan, Pamirs-Alai
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Eumedonia privata''
(Staudinger, 1895) West Himalayas
References
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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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