Arcas (butterfly)


Arcas is a genus of gossamer-wings in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are about six described species in Arcas, found in the Neotropics. The sister genus of Arcas is Theritas.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Arcas:Arcas alleluia Bálint, 2002 - eastern PeruArcas cypria - Mexico to Venezuela and ColombiaArcas delphia Nicolay, 1971 - Costa Rica to western EcuadorArcas ducalis - BrazilArcas gozmanyi - Costa Rica to western EcuadorArcas imperialis - Mexico to Argentina and southern BrazilArcas jivaro Nicolay, 1971 - Ecuador to BoliviaArcas splendor - Colombia and EcuadorArcas tuneta - The Guianas to southern Brazil