# Luciini

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The **Luciini** are a [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae).[1] It includes 22 [species](/source/Species) in 4 [genera](/source/Genus) and is restricted to [Australia](/source/Australia) and [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea).[2]

## Genera

As of 2025, the tribe Luciini has, following studies in 2023 and reclassifications of the previously-included genera *[Hypochrysops](/source/Hypochrysops)*, *[Titea](/source/Titea)* and *[Philiris](/source/Philiris)*, been relegated to four genera:[2]

- *[Acrodipsas](/source/Acrodipsas)*
- *[Lucia](/source/Lucia_(butterfly))*
- *[Paralucia](/source/Paralucia)*
- *[Pseudodipsas](/source/Pseudodipsas)*

## References

1. Sands, Donald (1982-01-01). [*The ecology, biogeography and systematics of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae)*](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:347012) (PhD Thesis). The University of Queensland. [doi:10.14264/uql.2014.573](https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2014.573)

1. Braby, Michael F.; Pierce, Naomi E.; Lohman, David J. (2025). ["Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): systematics and life history evolution"](https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12667). *Systematic Entomology*. **50** (3): 519–539. [doi:10.1111/syen.12667](https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12667). [ISSN 0307-6970](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0307-6970)

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