Lamprospilus

Lamprospilus
Lamprospilus and other Lycaenidae depicted in William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus:
Geyer, 1832
Synonyms[1][2]

Gigantorubra Johnson, 1993

Lamprospilus is a Neotropical[1][2] genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] They occur in wet and dry lowland and montane forests from Mexico to central Argentina.[2]

Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns, to the extent that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species.[2]

Species

There are at least seven recognized species:[3]

  • Lamprospilus azaria (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Lamprospilus bicolor Prieto & Faynel, 2023
  • Lamprospilus decorata Lathy, 1926
  • Lamprospilus draudti Lathy, 1932
  • Lamprospilus genius Geyer, 1832
  • Lamprospilus nicetus (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865)
  • Lamprospilus stegmaier Prieto & Faynel, 2023

Some sources also recognize the following:[1][4]

  • Lamprospilus collucia (Hewitson, 1877)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Savela, Markku. "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e Duarte, Marcelo & Robbins, Robert K. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 54 (1): 45–65. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262010000100006.
  3. ^ a b "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Lamprospilus Geyer, 1832". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
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