''Freyeria'' 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 erected by
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier in 1920.
It currently includes three
species:
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Freyeria putli
''Freyeria putli'', the eastern grass jewel or small grass jewel, or oriental grass jewel is a small butterfly found in Ceylon, India and Australia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore ...
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(Kollar, 844 – eastern grass jewel –
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, South
India, northeast India,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
(Northern Territory, Queensland),
Ryukyu Islands
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Freyeria minuscula''
(Aurivillius, 1909) –
Madagascar
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Freyeria trochylus''
(Freyer, 1845) – grass jewel –
Africa,
Arabia,
Bulgaria,
Greece,
Asia Minor, southern
Asia
References
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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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