Hypocysta is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in Oceania.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Hypocystina |
| Genus: | Hypocysta Westwood, [1851] |
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Species edit
The genus contains 12 species.
- Hypocysta adiante (Hübner, 1825) – orange ringlet
- Hypocysta angustata Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 – black and white ringlet
- Hypocysta aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Hypocysta euphemia Westwood, [1851] – rock ringlet
- Hypocysta haemonia Hewitson, 1863
- Hypocysta irius (Fabricius, 1775) – northern ringlet
- Hypocysta metirius Butler, 1875 – common brown ringlet
- Hypocysta osyris (Boisduval, 1832)
- Hypocysta isis Fruhstorfer, 1894
- Hypocysta calypso Grose-Smith, 1897
- Hypocysta serapis Grose-Smith, 1894
- Hypocysta pseudirius Butler, 1875 – dingy ringlet
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypocysta.
- "Hypocysta Westwood, [1851]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms