Brephidium
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Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]Template:R/superscript They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
Species
The following three species are in the genus Brephidium:[2]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript
- Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) – western pygmy blue (southern United States to South America)
- Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873) – eastern pygmy blue (southeastern United States)
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References
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- ↑ Pittaway, A. R., T. B. Larsen, A. Legrain, J. Majer, Z. Weidenhoffer & M. Gillet. 2006. The establishment of an American butterfly in the Persian Gulf: Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29(1/2):3-14.
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- ↑ Brephidium at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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