Hemiargus Explained

Hemiargus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in North and South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius, 1793) – Ceraunus blue
• Hemiargus hanno (Stoll, [1790])
• Hemiargus ramon (Dognin, 1887) – Ramon's blue
• Hemiargus huntingtoni Rindge & Comstock, 1953
• Hemiargus martha (Dognin, 1887)

Notes and References

1. (2012): Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x