Oenomaus (butterfly)

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

Oenomaus
Oenomaus atesa, figures 31 and 32
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Oenomaus Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Draudtiana Kesselring & Ebert, [1982]

Species

• atena species subgroup
  • Oenomaus atena (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Oenomaus morroensis Faynel & Moser, 2008
• cortica species subgroup
  • Oenomaus ambiguus Faynel, 2008
  • Oenomaus cortica (D'Abrera, 1995)
  • Oenomaus druceus Faynel & Moser, 2008
  • Oenomaus gaia Faynel, 2008
• curiosa species subgroup
  • Oenomaus curiosa Faynel & Moser, 2008
• cyanovenata species subgroup
  • Oenomaus cyanovenata (D'Abrera, 1995)
  • Oenomaus floreus (Druce, 1907)
  • Oenomaus isabellae Faynel, 2006
  • Oenomaus taua Faynel & Moser, 2008
• geba species subgroup
  • Oenomaus brulei Faynel, 2008
  • Oenomaus geba (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Oenomaus griseus Faynel & Moser, 2008
  • Oenomaus jauffreti Faynel & Moser, 2008
  • Oenomaus magnus Faynel & Moser, 2008
  • Oenomaus poirieri Faynel, 2008
• melleus species subgroup
  • Oenomaus melleus (Druce, 1907)
• nigra species subgroup
  • Oenomaus nigra Faynel & Moser, 2008
• unknown species subgroup
  • Oenomaus andi Busby & Faynel, 2012
  • Oenomaus atesa (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Oenomaus gwenish Robbins & Faynel, 2012
  • Oenomaus lea Faynel & Robbins, 2012
  • Oenomaus mancha Busby & Faynel, 2012
  • Oenomaus mentirosa Faynel & Robbins, 2012
  • Oenomaus moseri Robbins & Faynel, 2012
  • Oenomaus myrteana Busby, Robbins & Faynel, 2012
  • Oenomaus ortygnus (Cramer, 1779)

References

• Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea page 134.
• Faynel, 2006, Le genre Oenomaus Hübner, 1819, en Guyana française (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111(2): 137-156.
• Faynael, C, 2008: The genus Oenomaus Hübner, 1819, in French Guiana, Part II (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 113(1): 15-32.
• Faynel, C. & A. Moser, 2008: The neotropical genus Oenomaus Hübner with description of eight new species belonging to the atena group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea Supplément I: 1-36.

External links

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