Horagini

Horagini
Monkey puzzle, Rathinda amor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Horagini
Genera

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The Horagini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Ahmetia (formerly called Cowania), sometimes placed here, rather seems to belong to the Cheritrini however, but these are probably the Horagini's closest living relatives.

Genera

The tribe contains a mere two genera at present, but as not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, following list of genera is preliminary:


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