The Luciini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]
Luciini | |
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Philiris diana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Theclinae |
Tribe: | Luciini |
Genera | |
Presently 8, see text |
Genera
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Though containing few genera at present, some of these have numerous species. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary:
References
edit- ^ Sands, Donald (1982-01-01). The ecology, biogeography and systematics of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) (PhD Thesis thesis). The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2014.573.