''Hewitsonia'' 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 ...
. The species of this genus are
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
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
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Hewitsonia amieti''
Bouyer, 1997
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Hewitsonia beryllina''
Schultze, 1916
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Hewitsonia bitjeana''
Bethune-Baker, 1915
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Hewitsonia boisduvalii''
(Hewitson, 1869)
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Hewitsonia congoensis''
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
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Hewitsonia danane''
Stempffer, 1969
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Hewitsonia inexpectata''
Bouyer, 1997
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Hewitsonia intermedia''
Jackson, 1962
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Hewitsonia kirbyi
''Hewitsonia kirbyi'', the Kirby's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
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Dewitz, 1879
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Hewitsonia kuehnei''
Collins & Larsen, 2008
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Hewitsonia magdalenae''
Stempffer, 1951
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Hewitsonia occidentalis''
Bouyer, 1997
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Hewitsonia prouvosti''
Bouyer, 1997
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Hewitsonia similis''
(Aurivillius, 1891)
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Hewitsonia ugandae''
Jackson, 1962
External links
"''Hewitsonia'' Kirby, 1871"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64''f''
Poritiinae
Lycaenidae genera
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