Nesolycaena
genus of insects
Nesolycaena is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Australasian realm.
Species
Nesolycaena albosericea (Miskin, 1891)
Nesolycaena caesia d'Apice & Miller, 1992
Nesolycaena medicea Braby, 1996
Nesolycaena urumelia (Tindale, 1922)
External links
Data related to Nesolycaena at Wikispecies
Funet Taxonomy Distribution
Braby, M.F. 1996: A new species of Nesolycaena Waterhouse and Turner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Northeastern Australia. Australian journal of entomology, 35: 9-17. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01356.x. Full article: [1].
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