Thestius (butterfly)

Not to be confused with Thestias (butterfly).

Thestius
Male T. selina at the Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Thestius Hübner, 1819

Thestius is a genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

T. azaria, figures 65 and 66

Species

• Thestius pholeus (Cramer, [1777])
• Thestius selina (Hewitson, 1869)
• Thestius meridionalis (Draudt, 1870)
• Thestius epopea (Hewitson, 1870)
• Thestius azaria (Hewitson, 1867)
• Thestius lycabas (Cramer, [1777])

References

External links

• "Thestius Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms