Acytolepis

Acytolepis
Acytolepis puspa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Acytolepis (Toxopeus, 1927)

Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the lycaenids or blues (family Lycaenidae). The genus was first described by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus in 1927. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.

Taxonomy

The type specimen for the genus Acytolepis is Acytolepis puspa.[1][2]

Species

• Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, 1828)
• Acytolepis lilacea (Hampson, 1889)
• Acytolepis najara (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
• Acytolepis ripte (H. H. Druce, 1895)
• Acytolepis samanga (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acytolepis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acytolepis puspa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

External links

• images representing Acytolepis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Savela, Markku. "Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2018.