''Penaincisalia'' 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 ...
. It contains the following species, all found in the
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
:
partial list
* ''
Penaincisalia alatus''
Druce 1907
* ''
Penaincisalia anosma''
Draudt 1921
* ''
Penaincisalia atymna''
(Hewitson, 1870)
* ''
Penaincisalia bimediana''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia candor''
Druce 1907
* ''
Penaincisalia carmela''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia caudata''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia culminicola''
Staudinger 1894
* ''
Penaincisalia descimoni''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia downeyi''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia loxurina''
(C. & R. Felder, 1865)
* ''
Penaincisalia oribata''
Weymer 1890
* ''
Penaincisalia patagonaevaga''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia pichincha''
Johnson 1990
* ''
Penaincisalia rawlinsi''
Johnson 1990
References
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
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