Tomares (butterfly)

Tomares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Tomarini
Genus: Tomares
Rambur, 1840
Species

8, see text.

Tomares is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. They are presently the only genus in the tribe Tomarini. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, this is preliminary however.The members (species) are found in the Palearctic.

Species

Further reading

Tomares "Le genre Tomares" provides distribution information in French.

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