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

Species

See text

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.
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