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Hypolycaenini Swinhoe 1910

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Theclinae

Introduction

A tribe distributed in the African and Oriental regions. Some authors regard Hypolycaena, Chliaria and Zeltus as congeneric. Larsen (1991) argued that the Madagascan-east African genus Hemiolaus belongs in Hypolycaenina, based on morphology, behavior and larval host plants that unite it with other members of the tribe.

References

Bridges CA. 1988. Catalogue of family-group and genus-group names (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Charles A. Bridges, Urbana, IL.

Eliot JN. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28: 371-505, 6 pls.

Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.

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Scientific Name Chliaria kina
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source 蘭灰蝶（雙尾琉璃小灰蝶）Hypolycaena kina inari (Wileman)
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Scientific Name Zeltus amasa
Location India: Arunachal Pradesh, Jairampur
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Andrew V. Z. Brower
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Copyright © 2006 Vijaybarve
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Hypolycaenini Swinhoe 1910. Version 24 April 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hypolycaenini/111495/2008.04.24 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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