''Oxylides'' 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 are

Afrotropical 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 ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

c. 1819

Species

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Oxylides albata ''Oxylides albata'', Aurivillius' common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

'' (Aurivillius, 1895) *''

Oxylides bella ''Oxylides bella'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is very close to ''Oxylides faunus ''Oxylides faunus'', the common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is f ...

'' Aurivillius, 1899 *''

Oxylides binza ''Oxylides binza'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democr ...

'' Berger, 1981 *''

Oxylides faunus ''Oxylides faunus'', the common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of primary forests. Both sexes ...

'' (Drury,

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Oxylides feminina ''Oxylides feminina'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sankuru, Lualaba, Shaba, Maniema and Kivu) and north-western Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, ...

'' (Sharpe, 1904) *''

Oxylides gloveri ''Oxylides gloveri'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloq ...

'' Hawker-Smith, 1929 *''

Oxylides stempfferi ''Oxylides stempfferi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informal ...

'' Berger, 1981

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 67
Theclinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Theclinae-stub