Acrodipsas: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Acrodipsas
Species
Scientific Name
Acrodipsas

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acrodipsas

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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Acrodipsas in languages:

English
Ant-blues

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Acrodipsas
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Acrodipsas
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