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Lamprospilus
Sign in to saveLamprospilus is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.
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Shiny-Spotted Bob
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
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Lamprospilus is a Neotropical genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This genus was first described in 1832 by Carl Geyer.
== Description == Lamprospilus have sexually dimorphic wing patterns. Some males have distinctive transparent wing patches. Males and females can appear so distinct that males and females have sometimes been first described as different species.
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Colombia
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South America
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Central America
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butterfly
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arthropod
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Lepidoptera
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Lycaenidae
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Q82486
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