Evenus (butterfly) explained

Evenus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, with species ranging from North to South America.

Species list

• Evenus regalis (Cramer, 1775)  - type species^[1]
• Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865) - crowned hairstreak^[2]
• Evenus gabriela (Cramer, 1775)^[3]
• Evenus batesii (Hewitson, 1865)
• Evenus candidus (Druce, 1907)
• Evenus sponsa (Möschler, 1877)
• Evenus sumptuosa (Druce, 1907)
• Evenus tagyra (Hewitson, 1865)
• Evenus floralia (Druce, 1907)
• Evenus temathea (Hewitson, 1865)
• Evenus satyroides (Hewitson, 1865)
• Evenus latreillii (Hewitson, 1865)
• Evenus felix (Neild and Balint, 2014)

External links

• Funet Taxonomy Distribution Image of Evenus regalis
• Evenus images at EOL

Notes and References

1. Sermeño, J. M., Robbins, R. K., Lamas, G., & Gámez, J. A. (2013). Cría en laboratorio de las" joyas vivientes" de El Salvador, Evenus regalis (Cramer) y Evenus batesii (Hewitson)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bioma.
2. Neild, A. F., & Bálint, Z. (2014). Notes on the identity of Evenus coronata (Hewitson, 1865)(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) with the description of a remarkably overlooked sibling species. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 105-120.
3. Ríos-Málaver, C., & Vargas-Ch, J. I. EL GÉNERO EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) Y SU PRESENCIA EN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) THE GENUS EVENUS HÜBNER (1819) AND ITS PRESENCE IN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE).