''Neocheritra'' 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Neocheritra amrita''
(C. & R. Felder, 1860)
* ''
Neocheritra fabronia''
(Hewitson, 1878)
* ''
Neocheritra manata''
(Semper, 1890)
* ''
Neocheritra namoa''
de Nicéville, 1894
References
*, 1882-1886
''Rhopalocera Malayana'' 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
*, 1860
859
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Events
By place
Europe
* January 15 – Battle of St. Quentin: Frankish forces, le ...
Lepidopterologische Fragmenta. Parts 4 and 5. ''Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift''. 4''
225-251 2 pls.
394-402 2 pls.
* , 1981: New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines. ''Tyô to Ga'' 32 (1/2): 63-82. Abstract and full article
* , 1978: Neue Lepidoptera von den Philippinen, 3. ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 88 (14): 149-161.
Iolaini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
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