''Nesolycaena'' 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 members (species) are found in the
Australasian realm.
Species
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Nesolycaena albosericea''
(Miskin, 1891)
*''
Nesolycaena caesia''
d'Apice & Miller, 1992
*''
Nesolycaena medicea''
Braby, 1996
*''
Nesolycaena urumelia''
(Tindale, 1922)
External links
FunetTaxonomy Distribution
* 1996: A new species of ''Nesolycaena'' Waterhouse and Turner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Northeastern Australia. ''Australian journal of entomology'', 35: 9-17. . Full article
Candalidini
Lycaenidae genera
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