# Thaumaina

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***Thaumaina*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae).[1][2][3] It is [monotypic](/source/Monotypic), containing the single [species](/source/Species) ***Thaumaina uranothauma***.

## References

1. Bethune-Baker, G. T. (June 1908), "Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea", *Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London*. **78** (1): 110–126, [doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01838.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01838.x)

1. Hirowatari, Toshiya (July 1, 1992), "A Generic Classification of the Tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian Regions : Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae", *Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Ser. B, Agriculture and Biology*. **44** (supplement): 1–102, B, Agriculture and biology, University of Osaka Prefecture, [hdl:10466/3326](https://hdl.handle.net/10466/3326)

1. Parsons, Michael (1998), *The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology*, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-12-545555-8

## External links

- ["*Thaumaina* Bethune-Baker, 1908"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/thaumaina/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

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