Archigenes (butterfly)

Archigenes is a genus of metalmark butterflies found in Asia. Species in the genus were formerly placed in the genu Abisara but a phylogenetic study found the genus to be polyphyletic requiring the separation of some under the genus Archigenes that form a distinct clade within the Nemeobiinae.

Species placed within this genus include:

• Archigenes aita (De Niceville, 1893)
• Archigenes atlas (de Nicéville, 1895)
• Archigenes attenuata (Tytler, 1915)
• Archigenes chela (Guérin, 1843)
• Archigenes miyazakii (K. Saito & T. Saito, 2005)
• Archigenes neophron (Guérin, 1843)
• Archigenes savitri (Guérin, 1843)

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