Thecla
the Brown Hairstreaks
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In the 19th Century, the genus Thecla was used as a catch-all name for new hairstreak species from all over the world, particularly South America. Most of those taxa are now in the tribe Eumaeini.
References
Tuzov, V. K., Bogdanov, P. V., Devyatkin, A. L., Kaabak, L. V., Korolev, V. A., Murzin, V. S., Samodurov, G. D. & Tarasov, E. A. 1997 Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Sofia: Pensoft.
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- First online 17 April 2008
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