Evenus (butterfly)

Evenus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, with species ranging from North to South America.

Evenus
Evenus floralia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Subfamily:
Theclinae
Tribe:
Eumaeini
Genus:
Evenus

Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Papilio endymion
Fabricius, 1781
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Poetukulunma Brévignon, 2002

Species list
  • Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775) – type species[1]
  • Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865)– crowned hairstreak[2]
  • Evenus gabriela (Cramer, 1775)[3]
  • Evenus batesii (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
  • Evenus candidus (Druce, 1907)[3]
  • Evenus sponsa (Möschler, 1877)[3]
  • Evenus sumptuosa (Druce, 1907)[3]
  • Evenus tagyra (Hewitson, 1865)[3]
  • Evenus floralia (Druce, 1907)[3]
  • Evenus temathea (Hewitson, 1865)[3]
  • Evenus satyroides (Hewitson, 1865)[3]
  • Evenus latreillii (Hewitson, 1865)[3]
  • Evenus felix (Neild and Balint, 2014)[2]

References
  1. Sermeño, J. M., Robbins, R. K., Lamas, G., & Gámez, J. A. (2013). Cría en laboratorio de las" joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bioma.
  2. Neild, A. F., & Bálint, Z. (2014). Notes on the identity of Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) with the description of a remarkably overlooked sibling species. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 105-120.
  3. Ríos-Málaver, C., & Vargas-Ch, J. I. EL GÉNERO EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) Y SU PRESENCIA EN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) THE GENUS EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) AND ITS PRESENCE IN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE).

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