''Theclinesthes'' 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. The
species of this genus are found in the
Australasian realm.
Species
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Theclinesthes albocincta
''Theclinesthes albocincta'', the bitterbush blue or bitter-bush blue, is a species of butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterfli ...
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(Waterhouse, 1903)
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Theclinesthes eremicola
''Theclinesthes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species
*''Theclinesthes albocincta'' (Waterhouse, 1903)
*'' Theclinesthes eremicola'' (Röber, 1891)
*'' Thecl ...
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(Röber, 1891)
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Theclinesthes hesperia
''Theclinesthes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species
*''Theclinesthes albocincta'' (Waterhouse, 1903)
*''Theclinesthes eremicola'' (Röber, 1891)
*'' Thecli ...
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Sibatani & Grund, 1978
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Theclinesthes miskini
''Theclinesthes miskini'', the wattle blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea.
Description
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have a pale blue upperside with chequered margins, but females a ...
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(Lucas, 1889)
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Theclinesthes onycha
''Theclinesthes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species
*''Theclinesthes albocincta'' (Waterhouse, 1903)
*''Theclinesthes eremicola'' (Röber, 1891)
*''Theclin ...
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(Hewitson, 1865)
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Theclinesthes serpentata
''Theclinesthes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the sam ...
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(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
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Theclinesthes sulpitius''
(Miskin, 1890)
References
Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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