Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thestius is a genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.
| Thestius | |
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| 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 |
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