Arcas (butterfly)

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.^[1][2]

Arcas
Arcas imperialis, Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Arcas Swainson, 1832

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Arcas:^[1]

• 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

• 
  Arcas ducalis, Brasil
• 
  Arcas cypria, México
• 
  Arcas tuneta, Peru

References

1. 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.
2. "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