Brephidium

Brephidium

Taxobox
name = "Brephidium"



image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Brephidium exilis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Brephidium"
genus_authority = Scudder, 1876
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

Brephidium is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. They are known commonly as pygmy blues.

Species include:
*"Brephidium exilis" - western pygmy blue
*"Brephidium isophthalma" - eastern pygmy blue

External links

* [http://test.sp2000.org/browse_taxa.php?path=0,1,164,344,749,856,857,51119&selected_taxon=51119 ITIS Lepidoptera]


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