Capys (butterfly)
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Capys is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

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Species

  • Capys alphaeus
    Capys alphaeus
    The Protea Scarlet or Orange-banded Protea is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 31–40 mm for males and 32–47 mm for females...

    (Cramer, [1777])
  • Capys bamendanus Schultze, 1909
  • Capys bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
  • Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys catharus Riley, 1932
  • Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
  • Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys disjunctus
    Capys disjunctus
    The Russet Protea is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, inland to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is also found in Zimbabwe....

    Trimen, 1895
  • Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988
  • Capys penningtoni
    Capys penningtoni
    Pennington's Protea is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is restricted to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills....

    Riley, 1932
  • Capys stuarti Collins & Larsen, 2000
  • Capys usambarae Congdon & Collins, 1998
  • Capys vorgasi Larsen & Collins, 2003

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