Acrodipsas
Appearance
Acrodipsas | |
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Acrodipsas myrmecophila | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Theclinae |
Tribe: | Luciini |
Genus: | Acrodipsas Sands, 1980 |
Species | |
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Acrodipsas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. There are ten species in this genus all endemic to the Australasian realm:
- Acrodipsas arcana - black-veined ant-blue
- Acrodipsas aurata - golden ant-blue
- Acrodipsas brisbanensis - bronze ant-blue
- Acrodipsas cuprea - copper ant-blue
- Acrodipsas decima - Decima ant-blue
- Acrodipsas hirtipes - black ant-blue
- Acrodipsas illidgei - Illidge's ant-blue, mangrove ant-blue
- Acrodipsas melania - grey ant-blue
- Acrodipsas mortoni - brown ant-blue
- Acrodipsas myrmecophila - small ant-blue
- Acrodipsas violacea - violet ant-blue
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