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| Arcas imperialis, Bolivia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Arcas 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.
Species
These nine species belong to the genus Arcas:
- 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
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Arcas ducalis, Brasil
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Arcas cypria, México
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Arcas tuneta, Peru
References
- ^ 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.
- "Catalogue of Life, Arcas Swainson, 1832". Retrieved 2024-12-06.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Arcas at iNaturalist
- "Arcas Swainson, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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