Tomares (butterfly)


Tomares is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. They are presently the only genus in the tribe Tomarini. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, this is preliminary however. The species are found in the Palearctic.

Species

Tomares ballus - Provence hairstreak or cardenillo - Iberian Peninsula, Northern Africa, Mediterranean FranceTomares callimachus Iran, Iraq, CaucasusTomares desinens Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980 AzerbaijanTomares fedtschenkoi Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, northern PakistanTomares mauretanicus - Moroccan hairstreak - northern AfricaTomares nogelii Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, PalestineTomares romanovi Armenia, Turkey, IranTomares telemachus Zhdanko, 2000 Kopet-Dagh