Arawacus

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Stripestreaks
Fine-lined stripe-streak (Arawacus sito).jpg
Fine-lined stripe-streak (Arawacus sito) underside.jpg
both A. sito
Fine-lined stripe-streak, Panama
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Arawacus
Kaye, 1904
Synonyms
  • Polyniphes Kaye, 1904
  • Dolymorpha Holland, 1931
  • Tigrinota Johnson, 1992

Arawacus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly called stripestreaks. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Species include:

  • Arawacus aethesa (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil (Bahia)
  • (Sulzer, 1776) Columbia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Bolivia, Suriname
  • (Schaus, 1902) Brazil (Paraná)
  • (Cramer, [1777]) Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia
  • (Godart, [1824]) Venezuela, Trinidad
  • (Hewitson, 1867) Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • (Draudt, 1920 Brazil
  • (Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Mexico
  • Arawacus jada (Hewitson, 1867) North America – creamy stripe-streak, nightshade hairstreak
  • (C. & R.Felder, 1865) Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
  • (Draudt, 1917) Colombia
  • (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil
  • (Lathy, 1926) Peru, Paraguay
  • Arawacus sito (Boisduval, 1836) Mexico, south to Central America – fine-lined stripe-streak
  • (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Paraná)
  • (Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Paraná, Minas Gerais)
  • (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Bolivia

External links[]

  • Media related to Arawacus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Savela, Markku. "Arawacus Kaye, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2018.


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