Brephidium Explained

Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.

Species

The following three species are in the genus Brephidium:

• Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) – western pygmy blue (southern United States to South America)
• Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860) – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873) – eastern pygmy blue (southeastern United States)