Guatemalan Copper

Iophanus pyrrhias

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Iophanus is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1920. The single species of this genus, Iophanus pyrrhias, the Guatemalan copper, was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1887. It is found in Guatemala, the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and apparently in a few other areas of the Neotropical realm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Guatemalan Copper

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