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Erotides
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Erotides

Erotides is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. It is placed within the subfamily Lycinae and the tribe Erotini, a diverse lineage within Lycinae characterized by aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes. Species of Erotides are distributed in the Oriental and Australasian regions and are characterized by soft bodies, reticulate elytra, and aposematic coloration.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Glabroplatycis

subgenusGlabroplatycis

Erotides

subgenusErotides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 456881.