Polycaena

Polycaena is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nemeobiinae within the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1886. The species are found in the eastern Palearctic, mainly in the Himalayas.[3]

Polycaena
Polycaena matuta (figure 16) and Polycaena lama (13 male, 15 female) in John Henry Leech's Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Nemeobiinae
Genus:	Polycaena Staudinger, 1886[1][2]
Species
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Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Polycaena	Polycaena aestivalis     Polycaena attila     Polycaena banghaasi     Polycaena carmelita     Polycaena chauchowensis     Polycaena helcha     Polycaena kansuensis     Polycaena lama     Polycaena lua     Polycaena matuta     Polycaena minor     Polycaena pallidior     Polycaena princeps     Polycaena tamerlana     Polycaena temir     Polycaena timur

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
2. Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.
3. Hemming, A.F. (1967). "The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1967, Suppl. 9.