Archigenes (butterfly)

Archigenes
Archigenes aita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Archigenes
Fruhstorfer, 1914
Type species
Abisara aita

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:

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