Brephidium
| Brephidium | |
|---|---|
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| Brephidium exilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Brephidium Scudder, 1876 |
Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
Species
[edit]The following three species are in the genus Brephidium:[2][1][3][4]
- Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) – western pygmy blue (southern United States to South America)
- Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873) – eastern pygmy blue (southeastern United States)
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R., T. B. Larsen, A. Legrain, J. Majer, Z. Weidenhoffer & M. Gillet. 2006. The establishment of an American butterfly in the Persian Gulf: Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29(1/2):3-14.
- ^ Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- ^ Brephidium at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera