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INSECTS. 
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Family 13. — LYCZENIDZE. (39 Genera, 1,220 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sob-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
PAL.EARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Aostralian 
Sub-regions. 
1 . 2 . 3. 4 
1 . 2 . 3. 4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
1 . 2 . 3. 4 
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The Lycsenidae — of the variety and beauty of which in tropical 
regions our own “ Blues ” and “ Coppers ” give but a faint idea 
— are a group of universal distribution. We shall therefore in- 
dicate those genera which are restricted to one or more regions, 
or are nearly cosmopolitan. The large genus Polyommatus (con- 
taining 325 species) has the same universal distribution as the 
entire family. Our common “ Blues ” well represent this genus. 
Lycccna (comprising the <f Coppers ”) is more especially charac- 
teristic of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions, but straggling 
species occur also in North India, South Africa, Chili, and New 
Zealand. Thecla is especially characteristic of the Neotropical 
region, where there are about 370 species; in the Nearctic 
region, 36 ; in the Palaearctic 13 ; and in the Ethiopian 3. 
Miletus , Lucia , Hypolycmna , Myrina , and Deudorix are common 
to the three tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere — the 
Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian. Aphneus and Iolaus are 
common to the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions, the latter 
extending to Celebes. Ialmenus, Pseudodipsas, Curetis , and 
Amblypodia are common to the Oriental and Australian regions, 
but the first-named is found also in Madagascar. Zephyrus is 
found only in the Nearctic and Palaearctic, Pummis in the 
Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The Nearctic region has one 
peculiar genus (. Feniseca ) ; the Palaearctic has two — Thestor and 
Loeosopis; the Ethiopian has nine — Pentila , Liptana, D’Urbania, 
Axiocerces, Capys, Phytala, Epitola, Hewitsonia , and Deloneura ; 
the Oriental has five — Allotinus , Ilerda, Poritia , Camena, and 
Liphyra; the Australian has three — Hypochrysops , Utica , and 
Ogyris; and the Neotropical also three — Lamprospilus, Theorema , 
and Trichonis. 
