''Ogyris'' is an
Australasian
Australasian is the adjectival form of Australasia, a geographical region including Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continen ...
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
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Ogyris abrota
''Ogyris abrota'', the dark purple azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia, from southern Queensland to south-eastern Australia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The upper surface of the wings of the males is pu ...
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Westwood, 1851
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Ogyris aenone''
Waterhouse, 1902
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Ogyris amaryllis''
Hewitson, 1862
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Ogyris aurantiaca''
Rebel, 1912
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Ogyris barnardi''
Miskin, 1890
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Ogyris faciepicta''
Strand, 1911
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Ogyris genoveva
''Ogyris genoveva'', the genoveva azure or southern purple azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adult males are metallic purple, while females are black with metallic azure ...
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Hewitson, 853
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Year 853 ( DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* May 22 – A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and d ...
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*'' Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890)
*'' Ogyris ianthis'' Waterhouse, 1900
*'' Ogyris idmo'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris iphis'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
*'' Ogyris meeki'' Rothschild, 1900
*'' Ogyris olane'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris oroetes'' Hewitson, 1862
*'' Ogyris otanes'' C. & R. Felder, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. C ...
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*'' Ogyris subterrestris'' Field, 1999
*'' Ogyris zosine'' Hewitson, 853
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Year 853 ( DCCCLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* May 22 – A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and d ...
/small>
References
* ; ; 2011: The nomenclature of ''Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''
Australian Entomologist
The ''Australian Entomologist'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published quarterly by the Entomological Society of Queensland. The editor in chief is David Hancock. It was established in 1974 as ''The Australian Entomological Magazine'' ...
'', 38(1): 29-36
PDF of whole issue*, 1988.
Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)''. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
* 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology'', 28
371-505
* 2010: The taxonomy of ''Ogyris halmaturia'' (Tepper, 1890) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''
Australian Journal of Entomology
''Austral Entomology'' (formerly ''Australian Journal of Entomology'') is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Australian Entomological Society. The editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead ...
'', 49(2): 114-120.
*, 1971. ''Australian Butterflies''. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne.
*, 1998. ''The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea'' Academic Press,
*,
851
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Year 851 ( DCCCLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Asia
* Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasi ...
In 1846-1852, '' The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera'', 2. pp
251-534pls. 31-80
+ suppl. pl. London.
External links
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Arhopalini
Lycaenidae genera
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