Monodontides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the bordering Palearctic realm.
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| Monodontides chapmani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927[1] |
Species
edit- Subgenus Buakraengius Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
- Monodontides cara (de Nicéville, 1898)
- Subgenus Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927
- Monodontides apona (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
- Monodontides argioloides (Rothschild, 1915)
- Monodontides chapmani Cassidy, 2003
- Monodontides hondai Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
- Monodontides kolari (Ribbe, 1926)
- Monodontides luzonensis Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
- Monodontides musina (Snellen, 1892)
- Monodontides ternatensis Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
References
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- ^ "Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Further reading
edit- D'Abrera, B., 1978. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Melbourne.
- Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group: 1-309, 6 pls. London
- Toxopeus, 1927b-1928: Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs.