''Spalgis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
butterflies 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 butterf ...
. ''Spalgis'' are found in the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and th ...
(
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
), the
Indomalayan realm, and the
Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by
Frederic Moore in 1879.
Species
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Spalgis asmus
''Spalgis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ''Spalgis'' are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea), the Indomalayan realm, and the Afrotropical realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1879.
Species
*'' Spa ...
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Parsons, 1986
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Spalgis baiongus''
Cantlie & Norman, 1960
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Spalgis epius
''Spalgis epius'', the apefly, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It gets its name from the supposed resemblance of its pupa to the face of an ape.
Description
Male
Upperside: du ...
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(Westwood, 851
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Events
By place Asia
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Spalgis jacksoni''
Stempffer, 1967
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Spalgis lemolea''
Druce, 1890
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Spalgis takanamii''
Eliot, 1984
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Spalgis tintinga''
(Boisduval, 1833)
References
External links
Images representing ''Spalgis''at Bold
Miletinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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