Oxylidini

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Oxylidini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Oxylidini
Eliot, 1973
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Oxylidina

The Oxylidini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Oxylidina, of the Theclini.

Genera[edit]

The tribe contains a mere two genera at present, but as not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list is preliminary:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Subtribe Oxylidina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms