| Thecla | |
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| Thecla betulae, lateral view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Theclini |
| Genus: | Thecla Fabricius, 1807 |
Thecla is a genus of butterflies, described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807, belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Palaearctic.
Species
Several, including:
- Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown hairstreak
- Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887
- Thecla ohyai Fujioka, 1994 China, Yunnan, Li-Kiang.
- Thecla chalybeia, De Nicéville 1892
- Thecla hemon (Cramer, 1775) formerly in the, then. wastebasket taxon "Thecla" sensu lato = Theritas hemon Cramer, 1775
Thecla hemon - Thecla leechii, De Nicéville 1892
- Thecla letha, (Watson, 1896)
- Thecla pavo, (De Nicéville, 1887)
- Thecla ziha, (Hewitson, 1865)
References
- Taxon profile at BioLib
- "Thecla Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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