Aloeides

Taxobox
name = Aloeides


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
subfamilia = Theclinae
tribus = Aphnaeini
genus = "Aloeides"
genus_authority = Hübner, 1819

"Aloeides" is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. Most can be found in South Africa, but a few species occur as far north as Kenya.

It contains the following species:
* "Aloeides caledoni"
* "Aloeides carolynnae"
* "Aloeides dentatis"
* "Aloeides egerides"
* "Aloeides kaplani"
* "Aloeides lutescens"
* "Aloeides merces"
* "Aloeides nollothi"
* "Aloeides nubilus"
* "Aloeides pringlei"
* "Aloeides rossouwi"

References

*Tite & Dickson; The Genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lycaenidae), "Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.)" 29:, pages 225-280 (1973)

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/aloeides/index.html funet]
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?UserID=&UserName=&TaxonNo=194833.0&SCIENTIFIC_NAME_on_card=ALOEIDES&& The Global Lepidoptera Names Index]