The Oxylidini are a small

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 is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

of butterflies in the

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

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 butterf ...

.Subtribe Oxylidina
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Oxylidina, of the

Theclini The Theclini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. Genera * '' Amblopala'' * '' Antigius'' * '' Araragi'' * '' Artopoetes'' * '' Austrozephyrus' ...

Genera

The tribe contains a mere two genera at present, but 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 is preliminary: * ''

Oxylides ''Oxylides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members are Afrotropical. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner c. 1819 Species *'' Oxylides albata'' (Aurivillius, 1895) *'' Oxylides bella'' Aurivillius, 1899 *'' Oxylides b ...

'' * ''

Syrmoptera ''Syrmoptera'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are found in the Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of t ...

References

Theclinae Taxa named by John Nevill Eliot Butterfly tribes {{Theclinae-stub