Oenomaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Oenomaus
Oenomaus atesa, figures 31 and 32
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Oenomaus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Draudtiana Kesselring & Ebert, [1982]

Species

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References

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  • Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea page 134.
  • Faynel, 2006, Le genre Oenomaus Hübner, 1819, en Guyana française (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111(2): 137-156.
  • Faynael, C, 2008: The genus Oenomaus Hübner, 1819, in French Guiana, Part II (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 113(1): 15-32.
  • Faynel, C. & A. Moser, 2008: The neotropical genus Oenomaus Hübner with description of eight new species belonging to the atena group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea Supplément I: 1-36.
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