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Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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)
Arawacus aetolus (Sulzer, 1776) Columbia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Bolivia, Suriname
Arawacus binangula (Schaus, 1902) Brazil (Paraná)
Arawacus dolylas (Cramer, [1777]) Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia
Arawacus dumenilii (Godart, [1824]) Venezuela, Trinidad
Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Arawacus euptychia (Draudt, 1920 Brazil
Arawacus hypocrita (Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Mexico
Arawacus jada (Hewitson, 1867) North America – creamy stripe-streak, nightshade hairstreak
Arawacus leucogyna (C. & R.Felder, 1865) Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
Arawacus lincoides (Draudt, 1917) Colombia
Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil
Arawacus separata (Lathy, 1926) Peru, Paraguay
Arawacus sito (Boisduval, 1836) Mexico, south to Central America – fine-lined stripe-streak
Arawacus tadita (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Paraná)
Arawacus tarania (Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Paraná, Minas Gerais)
Arawacus togarna (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 .