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The Theclini are a
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 language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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 Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
. 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 genus list is preliminary.


Genera

* '' Amblopala'' * '' Antigius'' * ''
Araragi ''Araragi'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small East Asian hairstreak genus. The larvae feed on ''Juglans'' (walnut) species. Species *'' Araragi enthea'' (Janson, 1877) *'' Araragi sugiyamai'' Matsui, 1989 *'' Ar ...
'' * '' Artopoetes'' * '' Austrozephyrus'' * '' Chaetoprocta'' * '' Chrysozephyrus'' * ''
Cordelia Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin '' cor'' ( geni ...
'' * '' Coreana'' * '' Esakiozephyrus'' * '' Euaspa'' * '' Favonius'' - includes ''Quercusia'' * '' Goldia'' * '' Gonerilia'' * '' Habrodais'' * '' Howarthia'' * '' Hypaurotis'' * '' Iozephyrus'' * '' Iratsume'' * '' Japonica'' * '' Laeosopis'' * '' Leucantigius'' * '' Nanlingozephyrus'' * ''
Neozephyrus ''Neozephyrus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species in this genus are mainly distributed in East Asia. The larval food plant is alder or - for Neozephyrus quercus - oak . List of species *'' Neozephyrus coruscans'' (Leec ...
'' * ''
Protantigius ''Protantigius'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.
'' * '' Proteuaspa'' * ''
Quercusia ''Favonius'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species list *Subgenus ''Favonius'' ** ''Favonius cognatus'' (Staudinger, 1892) north-eastern China and Korea *** ''Favonius cognatus cognatus'' *** ''Favonius cognatus ...
'' * ''
Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
'' * '' Saigusaozephyrus'' * '' Shaanxiana'' * '' Shirozua'' * '' Shizuyaozephyrus'' * '' Sibataniozephyrus'' * '' Teratozephyrus'' * ''
Thecla Thecla ( grc, Θέκλα, ) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal ''Acts of Paul and Thecla''. Church tradition The ''Acts of ...
'' * '' Thermozephyrus'' * '' Ussuriana'' * '' Wagimo'' * '' Yamamotozephyrus'' * '' Yamatozephyrus''


References

Taxa named by William John Swainson Butterfly tribes {{Theclinae-stub