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Cheritrini
The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae; they contain the imperials and allies. Their closest living relatives seem to be the Horagini; indeed, the genus Ahmetia (formerly called Cowania) was in the past often placed there.
3 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Yamflies, imperials, yams and Cardinal
subtribeLoxurina
Cheritrina
subtribeCheritrina
Horagina
subtribeHoragina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 522801.