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Pseudolycaena
Pseudolycaena marsyas, Brasil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858

Pseudolycaena is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are at two described species in Pseudolycaena found in Mexico, Central America, and South America, according to research published in 2019..

Species

These species belong to the genus Pseudolycaena:

• Pseudolycaena damo (H. Druce, 1875) (Mexico to Panama, Ecuado to Peru)
• Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758) (South America)

From one to five species have been classified in this genus in the past, but phylogenetic analyses published in 2019 could not confirm the validity of more than two species, and excluded Pseudolycaena cybele, Pseudolycaena dorcas, and Pseudolycaena nellyae.

References

1. ^ 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. Austin, George T.; Miller, Lee D.; Miller, Jacqueline Y. (2007). "Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, Florida Museum of Natural History. 149. ISSN 0097-3211. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
3. Savela, Markku. "Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858". Retrieved 2024-12-07.
4. "Catalogue of Life, Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858". Retrieved 2024-12-07.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Pseudolycaena at iNaturalist

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