Oxylidini

Oxylidini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Oxylidini
Eliot, 1973
Genera
Synonyms
  • Oxylidina

The Oxylidini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is alternatively treated as a subtribe, Oxylidina, of the Theclini. It contains a mere 2 genera at present, but as not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, this is preliminary.

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