''Evenus'' is a
butterfly
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 ...
genus 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 ...
, with species ranging from
North
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Etymology
T ...
to
South America
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.
Species list
* ''
Evenus regalis'' (Cramer, 1775) –
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
[Sermeño, J. M., Robbins, R. K., Lamas, G., & Gámez, J. A. (2013). Cría en laboratorio de las" joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Bioma''.]
* ''
Evenus coronata'' (Hewitson, 1865)– crowned hairstreak
[Neild, A. F., & Bálint, Z. (2014). Notes on the identity of Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) with the description of a remarkably overlooked sibling species. ''Tropical Lepidoptera Research'', 105-120.]
* ''
Evenus gabriela'' (Cramer, 1775)
[Ríos-Málaver, C., & Vargas-Ch, J. I. EL GÉNERO EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) Y SU PRESENCIA EN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) THE GENUS EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) AND ITS PRESENCE IN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE).]
* ''
Evenus batesi Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
i'' (Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Evenus candidus Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Druce, 1907)
* ''
Evenus sponsa Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Möschler, 1877)
* ''
Evenus sumptuosa Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Druce, 1907)
* ''
Evenus tagyra Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Evenus floralia Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Druce, 1907)
* ''
Evenus temathea Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Evenus satyroides Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Evenus latreillii Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Hewitson, 1865)
* ''
Evenus felix Evenus , Euenos , Evinos, or Evenos may refer to:
* Evinos, a river in western Greece
* Evenus (mythology), a river god and two mythological kings in ancient Greece
* ''Evenus'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus, occasionally misspelled ''Euenus''
* ...
'' (Neild and Balint, 2014)
References
External links
FunetTaxonomy Distribution Image of ''Evenus regalis''
''Evenus'' images at EOL
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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