''Timaeta'' 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 ...
. The species of this genus are 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 ...
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Species
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Timaeta aepea'' (Hewitson, 1874)
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Timaeta balzabamba'' (Goodson, 1945)
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Timaeta christina'' Robbins & Busby, 2008
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Timaeta cospata'' Robbins & Busby, 2008
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Timaeta eronos'' (Druce, 1890)
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Timaeta gabriela
''Timaeta'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it inc ...
'' Busby & Robbins, 2008
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Timaeta matthewi'' Busby & Robbins, 2008
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Timaeta molinopampa'' (Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2000)
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Timaeta pilosa'' Robbins & Busby, 2008
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Timaeta roberti'' Busby & Robbins, 2008
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Timaeta romero'' Robbins & Busby, 2008
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Timaeta timaeus'' (C. & R.Felder, 1865)
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Timaeta trochus'' (Druce, 1907)
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Timaeta walkeri'' Robbins & Busby, 2008
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Timaeta werneri'' (Salazar, Vélez, Cardona & Johnson, 1997)
External links
"''Timaeta'' Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Eumaeini
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
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