Brangas

Brangas
Brangas getus, Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus:
Hübner, 1819

Brangas is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in Brangas. [1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Brangas:[1]

  • Brangas caranus (Stoll, 1780) - western Ecuador to French Guiana, south to southern Brazil
  • Brangas carthaea (Hewitson, 1868) - Mexico to western Ecuador
  • Brangas coccineifrons (Godman & Salvin, 1887) - Mexico to western Ecuador
  • Brangas dydimaon (Cramer, 1777) - Amazonian Region
  • Brangas felderi (Goodson, 1945) - Colombia to Peru
  • Brangas getus (Fabricius, 1787) - Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil
  • Brangas insolitus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Ecuador to Peru
  • Brangas moserorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Paraguay and southern Brazil
  • Brangas neildonatus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuelan northern coast.
  • Brangas neora (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico to southern Brazil
  • Brangas polonus Bálint, 2008 - Peru to Bolivia
  • Brangas rambutorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest.
  • Brangas rita (Goodson, 1945) - Costa Rica to western Colombia and Ecuador
  • Brangas silumena (Hewitson, 1867) - Paraguay and Brazil
  • Brangas teucria (Hewitson, 1868) - Amazonian Region
  • Brangas torfrida (Hewitson, 1867) - Neotropics, Amazonian and Atlantic regions

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 (1): zootaxa.4563.1.6. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.6. hdl:10088/95787. PMID 31716556. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Brangas Hübner, 1819". Retrieved 2024-12-07.