Luciini

Luciini
Paralucia aurifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Luciini
Genera

Presently 8, see text

The Luciini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It includes 22 species in 4 genera and is restricted to Australia and New Guinea.

Genera

As of 2025, the tribe Luciini has, following studies in 2023 and reclassifications of the previously-included genera Hypochrysops, Titea and Philiris, been relegated to four genera:

References

  1. ↑ Sands, Donald (1982-01-01). The ecology, biogeography and systematics of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) (PhD Thesis thesis). The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2014.573.
  2. 1 2 Braby, Michael F.; Pierce, Naomi E.; Lohman, David J. (2025). "Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): systematics and life history evolution". Systematic Entomology. 50 (3): 519–539. doi:10.1111/syen.12667. hdl:1885/733796764. ISSN 0307-6970.