Hewitsonia

Hewitsonia
Hewitsonia kirbyi figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871
Synonyms
Corydon Hewitson, 1869 (preocc. Lesson, 1828, Wagler, [1832], Gloger, 1841)

Hewitsonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Species[]

• Hewitsonia amieti Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia beryllina Schultze, 1916
• Hewitsonia bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
• Hewitsonia congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Hewitsonia danane Stempffer, 1969
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962
• Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879
• Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Hewitsonia magdalenae Stempffer, 1951
• Hewitsonia occidentalis Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia prouvosti Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia similis (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Hewitsonia ugandae Jackson, 1962

External links[]

• "Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64 f