# Titea

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***Titea*** is a genus of butterflies in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae).[1][2]

Species include:

- *[Titea caerula](/source/Titea_caerula)* Tite, 1963
- *[Titea sublutea](/source/Titea_sublutea)* Tite, 1963

## References

1. Sands, D. P. A. (1979). "NEW SPECIES OFPHILIRISRÖBER (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA". *Australian Journal of Entomology*. **18** (2): 127–133. [doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00824.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00824.x). [ISSN 1326-6756](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1326-6756) Eliot (1973) separated two species, P. sublutea (Bethune-Baker) and P. caerulea Tite from New Guinea, placing them in a new genus Titea and showed that Philiris, Titea, Parachrysops Bethune-Baker, Hypochrysops C. and R. Felder, and Waigeum Staudinger were a closely related group of genera within the tribe Luciini

1. ["*Titea*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1927384). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2024-07-18.

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