Cyanophrys
genus of insects
Cyanophrys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William J. Clench in 1961. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Species
Cyanophrys acaste (Prittwitz, 1865)
Cyanophrys agricolor (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
Cyanophrys amyntor (Cramer, [1775])
Cyanophrys argentinensis (Clench, 1946)
Cyanophrys banosensis (Clench, 1944)
Cyanophrys bertha (E. D. Jones, 1912)
Cyanophrys crethona (Hewitson, 1874)
Cyanophrys fusius (Godman & Salvin, [1887])
Cyanophrys goodsoni (Clench, 1946)
Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793)
Cyanophrys longula (Hewitson, 1868)
Cyanophrys miserabilis (Clench, 1946)
Cyanophrys pseudolongula (Clench, 1944)
Cyanophrys remus (Hewitson, 1868)
Cyanophrys roraimiensis Johnson & Smith, 1993
Cyanophrys velezi Johnson & Kruse, 1997
External links
Savela, Markku. "Cyanophrys Clench, 1961". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
Sources
Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Cyanophrys bertha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T5990A12119218.
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