Calycopis

Calycopis
Calycopis cecrops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Calycopis Scudder, 1876
Species
Many, see text
Synonyms
Antrissima K.Johnson, 1991 Argentostriatus K.Johnson, 1991 Calistryma Field, 1967 (lapsus) Calystryma Field, 1967 Cyanodivida K.Johnson, 1991 Distissima K.Johnson, 1991 Femniterga K.Johnson, 1988 Fieldia K.Johnson, 1991 (non Nicolescu, 1979: preoccupied) Furcovalva K.Johnson, 1991 Gigantofalca K.Johnson, 1991 Klaufera K.Johnson, 1991 Kroenleina K.Johnson, 1991 Mercedes K.Johnson, 1991 Morphissima K.Johnson, 1991 Profieldia K.Johnson, 1992 Reversustus K.Johnson, 1991 Serratofalca K.Johnson, 1991 Serratoterga K.Johnson, 1991 Terminospinissima K.Johnson, 1991 Tergissima K.Johnson, 1988

Some Calycopis in a plate from William Chapman Hewitson Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae 1865.

Calycopis is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Massively split up by K. Johnson in 1991, most modern authors consider the changes proposed at that time to be unjustified. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Neotropic ecozone (most) and the Nearctic ecozone.

Media related to Calycopis at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Calycopis at Wikispecies

Species include:

• Calycopis cecrops – red-banded hairstreak
• Calycopis isobeon

Several proposed species are of doubtful validity.

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Funet Taxonomy Distribution