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Catapaecilmatini

The Catapaecilmatini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Genera

The tribe contains a mere two genera at present, but as not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list is preliminary:

Etymology

Latinized names ending in "-ma" (often derived from Greek) are typically neuter and have a stem ending in -mat- (e.g., stigma from its genitive singular stigmatos becomes stigmat-, systema becomes systemat-), hence here with modified stem (Catapaecilmat-) + Tribal suffix (-ini).

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