Arcas (butterfly)

Arcas
Arcas imperialis, Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus:
Swainson, 1832

Arcas is a genus of gossamer-wings in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are about six described species in Arcas, found in the Neotropics. The sister genus of Arcas is Theritas.[1][2]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Arcas:[1]

  • Arcas alleluia Bálint, 2002 - eastern Peru
  • Arcas cypria (Geyer, 1837) - Mexico to Venezuela and Colombia
  • Arcas delphia Nicolay, 1971 - Costa Rica to western Ecuador
  • Arcas ducalis (Westwood, 1851) - Brazil
  • Arcas gozmanyi (Bálint, 2006) - Costa Rica to western Ecuador
  • Arcas imperialis (Cramer, 1775) - Mexico to Argentina and southern Brazil
  • Arcas jivaro Nicolay, 1971 - Ecuador to Bolivia
  • Arcas splendor (H.H. Druce, 1907) - Colombia and Ecuador
  • Arcas tuneta (Hewitson, 1865) - The Guianas to southern Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira; Duarte, Marcelo; Robbins, Robert K. (2019). "Phylogenetic Classification of the Atlides Section of the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Zootaxa. 4563. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.6. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Arcas Swainson, 1832". Retrieved 2024-12-06.