The Iolaini are a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

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 Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 ...

Genera

As not all

Theclinae The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...

have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary: * ''

Britomartis Britomartis (; grc-gre, Βριτόμαρτις) was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes believed to be an oread, or a mountain nymph, but she was often conflated or syn ...

'' * '' Bullis'' * ''

Charana ''Charana'' is an Indomalayan genus of hairstreak 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 ...

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Creon Creon may refer to: Greek history * Creon, the first annual eponymous archon of Athens, 682–681 BC Greek mythology * Creon (king of Thebes), mythological king of Thebes * Creon (king of Corinth), father of Creusa/Glauce in Euripides' ''Medea' ...

'' * '' Dacalana'' * ''

Etesiolaus ''Etesiolaus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm. Taxonomy The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of ''Iolaus In Greek mythology, Iolaus (; Ancient Greek ...

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Iolaus In Greek mythology, Iolaus (; Ancient Greek: Ἰόλαος ''Iólaos'') was a Theban divine hero. He was famed for being Heracles' nephew and for helping with some of his Labors, and also for being one of the Argonauts. Family Iolaus was t ...

'' - includes ''Argiolaus'', ''Epamera'', ''Iolaphilus'' * ''

Jacoona ''Jacoona'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm. Species *''Jacoona anasuja'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) *''Jacoona irmina'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 *''Jacoona fabronia'' ...

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Maneca Manuel Marinho Alves, best known as ''Maneca'' (January 28, 1926 – July 14, 1961) was an association footballer in striker role. He was born in Salvador Bahia, Brazil. During his career (1943–1957) he played for Galícia, Vitór ...

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Manto may refer to: People * Mando (singer), Greek singer * Manto Mavrogenous, Greek national heroine * Saadat Hasan Manto, Urdu short story writer known by his pen name Manto * Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (1940–2009), South African politician * Manto ...

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Mantoides ''Mantoides'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. Its only species, ''Mantoides gama'', the Distant's Imperial, was first described by William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distan ...

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Matsutaroa ''Matsutaroa'' is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is nearest to the genus '' Ancema'', but differs from it in the following points: (1) veins 5 and 6 on the forewing are not very close at their origins, but in ''Ancema'' they are v ...

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Neocheritra ''Neocheritra'' is a 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 gossa ...

'' * '' Paruparo'' * ''

Pratapa ''Pratapa'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the far eastern Palearctic realm (China) and in the Indomalayan realm. Species * '' Pratapa cameria'' de Nicéville Sulawesi Sulawesi () ...

'' * '' Purlisa'' * '' Rachana'' - formerly ''Eliotia'' (preoccupied) * ''

Stugeta ''Stugeta'' is an Afrotropical 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 ca ...

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Suasa Suasa was an ancient Roman town in what is now the ''comune'' of Castelleone di Suasa, Marche, Italy. It is located in the Pian Volpello locality, in the valley of the Cesano River. History Suasa was founded by the Romans in the early 3rd cent ...

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Sukidion ''Sukidion'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. Its only species, ''Sukidion inores'', was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1872. It is endemic to Borneo Borneo ...

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Tajuria ''Tajuria'' is an Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species *''Tajuria alangani'' Schröder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1993 Philippines *''Tajuria albiplaga'' de Nicéville, 1887 *''Tajuria androconia'' Z.G ...

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Tanuetheira ''Iolaus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genera '' Argiolaus'', '' Epamera'', '' Iolaphilus'' and '' Stugeta'' are often included in ''Iolaus''. ''Iolaus'' species are found in the Afrotropical realm.There are ca. 130 sp ...

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Thrix ''Thrix'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Doherty in 1891. Its one species is ''Thrix scopula'', which was first described by Herbert Druce in 1873. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (in Bor ...

'' * '' Trichiolaus''

References

Butterfly tribes {{Theclinae-stub