''Zeritis'' 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
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Zeritis aurivillii''
Schultze, 1908
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Zeritis fontainei''
Stempffer, 1956
*''
Zeritis krystyna''
D'Abrera, 1980
*''
Zeritis neriene''
Boisduval, 836
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Year 836 ( DCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Abbasid Caliphate
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*'' Zeritis pulcherrima'' Aurivillius, 1923
*'' Zeritis sorhagenii'' (Dewitz, 1879)
External links
"''Zeritis'' Boisduval, [1836]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Aphnaeinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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