Toxochitona
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Poritiinae |
Genus: | Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956[1] |
Toxochitona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species
- Toxochitona ankole Stempffer, 1967
- Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
- Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
- Toxochitona vansomereni (Stempffer, 1954)
References
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- ^ Toxochitona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 62
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