Cacyreus

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Cacyreus
Cacyreus lingeus, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Cacyreus
Butler, [1898]
Synonyms
  • Hyreus Hübner, [1819]

Cacyreus is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Species

  • Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
  • Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
  • Cacyreus dicksoni Pennington, 1962
  • Cacyreus ethiopicus Tite, 1961
  • Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, [1782])
  • Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982
  • Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
  • Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
  • Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
  • Cacyreus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  • Media related to Cacyreus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Cacyreus at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Cacyreus


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