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Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Batelusia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Batelusia
H. H. Druce, 1910
Species: B. zebra
Binomial name
Batelusia zebra
Druce, 1910

Batelusia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus contains only one species Batelusia zebra from Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo and endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Both the genus and species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 31, 2016). "Batelusia zebra Druce, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
Taxon identifiers
Batelusia


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