Brangas

Brangas
	Brangas getus, Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Brangas; Hübner, 1819

Brangas is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in Brangas. ^[1]^[2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Brangas:^[1]

Brangas caranus (Stoll, 1780) - western Ecuador to French Guiana, south to southern Brazil
Brangas carthaea (Hewitson, 1868) - Mexico to western Ecuador
Brangas coccineifrons (Godman & Salvin, 1887) - Mexico to western Ecuador
Brangas dydimaon (Cramer, 1777) - Amazonian Region
Brangas felderi (Goodson, 1945) - Colombia to Peru
Brangas getus (Fabricius, 1787) - Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil
Brangas insolitus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Ecuador to Peru
Brangas moserorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Paraguay and southern Brazil
Brangas neildonatus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuelan northern coast.
Brangas neora (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico to southern Brazil
Brangas polonus Bálint, 2008 - Peru to Bolivia
Brangas rambutorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest.
Brangas rita (Goodson, 1945) - Costa Rica to western Colombia and Ecuador
Brangas silumena (Hewitson, 1867) - Paraguay and Brazil
Brangas teucria (Hewitson, 1868) - Amazonian Region
Brangas torfrida (Hewitson, 1867) - Neotropics, Amazonian and Atlantic regions