Denivia is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. There are at least 20 described species in Denivia, found in Central and South America.
The Denivia was formerly considered a synonym of the genus Theritas. In phylogenetic studies published in 2006, the following species were classified in the genus Denivia.
Species
These species belong to the genus Denivia:
- Denivia acontius <small>(Goodson, 1945)</small> - Panama south to the Amazonian Region
- Denivia adamsi <small>(H.H. Druce, 1909)</small> - Peru (generic placement uncertain)
- Denivia arene <small>(Goodson, 1945)</small> - Ecuador and Peru
- Denivia augustinula <small>(Goodson, 1945)</small> - Mexico to northern Colombia
- Denivia augustula <small>(W.F. Kirby, 1877)</small> - Costa Rica and Panama to western Ecuador
- Denivia chaluma <small>(Schaus, 1902)</small> - central and southern Brazil
- Denivia curitabaensis <small>(K. Johnson, 1992)</small> - Brazil
- Denivia deniva <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small> - Argentina and Southern Brazil
- Denivia espiritosanto <small>Bálint & Moser, 2007</small> - eastern Brazil
- Denivia hemon <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small> - Neotropics
- Denivia lisus <small>(Stoll, 1790)</small> - Mexico to southern Brazil
- Denivia monica <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> - Venezuela to Bolivia
- Denivia phegeus <small>(Hewitson, 1865)</small> - Brazil
- Denivia silma <small>(Martins, Faynel, & Robbins, 2016)</small> - Amazonian Region south to Paraguay and Brazil
- Denivia theocritus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> - Mexico to western Ecuador
- Denivia viresco <small>(H.H. Druce, 1907)</small> - Amazonian Region
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