Polycaena

Polycaena
	Polycaena matuta (figure 16) and Polycaena lama (13 male, 15 female) in John Henry Leech's Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Nemeobiinae
Genus:	Polycaena; Staudinger, 1886[1][2]
Species
	See text

Polycaena is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nemeobiinae within the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1886. The species are found in the eastern Palearctic, mainly in the Himalayas.[3]

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Polycaena

	Polycaena aestivalis

	Polycaena attila

	Polycaena banghaasi

	Polycaena carmelita

	Polycaena chauchowensis

	Polycaena helcha

	Polycaena kansuensis

	Polycaena lama

	Polycaena lua

	Polycaena matuta

	Polycaena minor

	Polycaena pallidior

	Polycaena princeps

	Polycaena tamerlana

	Polycaena temir

	Polycaena timur

References

Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.
Hemming, A.F. (1967). "The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1967, Suppl. 9.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[2] Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.

[3] Hemming, A.F. (1967). "The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1967, Suppl. 9.