Cnodontes
Encyclopedia
Cnodontes is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
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
- Cnodontes bouyeri Kielland, 1994
- Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898)
- Cnodontes penningtoniCnodontes penningtoniPennington’s Buff is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Swaziland, Transvaal, Botswana, south-west Africa and Mozambique....
Bennett, 1954 - Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Cnodontes vansoni Bennett, 1956